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Myth in the Modern World
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: David Whitt
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-04 - Publisher: McFarland

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Ubiquitous and enduring, myths are an inherent part of culture. These 10 essays explore the role of myth in the modern world, delving not only into science fict
The Modern Myths
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Philip Ball
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-17 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of litera
A Short History of Myth (Myths series)
Language: en
Pages: 170
Authors: Karen Armstrong
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-29 - Publisher: Vintage Canada

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What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them? A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this
The World of Myth
Language: en
Pages: 607
Authors: David Adams Leeming
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-01-24 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and
New Myth, New World
Language: en
Pages: 484
Authors: Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-01 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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The Nazis' use and misuse of Nietzsche is well known. In this pioneering book, Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal excavates the trail of long-obscured Nietzschean ideas