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Myths of Europe /

Myths of Europe focuses on the identity of Europe, seeking to re-assess its cultural, literary and political traditions in the context of the 21st century. Over 20 authors - historians, political scientists, literary scholars, art and cultural historians - from five countries here enter into a debat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Littlejohns, Richard, 1943-, Soncini, Sara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.
Colección:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 107.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Myths of Europe, and Myths of Europe; Europa/Europe: Myths and Muddles; Electras and Hamlet; Myths of Europe: Ted Hughes's Tales from Ovid; Myths of Masculinity: Adonis and Heracles; St Nicholas, Icon of Mercantile Virtues: Transition and Continuity of a European Myth; Re-writing a Myth: Dryden's Amphitryon and its Sources; 'A Foundling at the Crossroads': Fielding, Tradition(s) and a 'Dantesque' Reading of Tom Jones; Viewing the Moon: Between Myth and Astronomy in the Age of the Enlightenment.