Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths
Autor Eva M. Thury, Margaret K. Devinneyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mar 2025
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197671313
ISBN-10: 0197671314
Pagini: 944
Ediția:5
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197671314
Pagini: 944
Ediția:5
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Introduction to Mythology is a first-class textbook. I have looked around at many other texts and there are very few with the breadth and depth of this book.
This is an excellent guide to world mythology for both students and teachers. It is especially helpful to a teacher trying to cover a lot of global ground in a comprehensive mythology course. Few would have the expertise commanded by the two authors to cover everything from Native American through African through contemporary film myths.
I've taught world mythology for twenty-five years, using a variety of texts over that time, and the Thury and Devinney textbook is by far the best and most valuable resource on the market. I have been using it since the first edition and haven't yet seen a superior work.
Introduction to Mythology covers mythology and also introduces the notion of myth in contemporary narrative form, all the while offering a coherent analytical group of ideas to explain why these themes we find in mythology are still in our narratives today. And it does so in one book. It is the only book I know of that takes such a comprehensive approach to the subject.
This is an excellent guide to world mythology for both students and teachers. It is especially helpful to a teacher trying to cover a lot of global ground in a comprehensive mythology course. Few would have the expertise commanded by the two authors to cover everything from Native American through African through contemporary film myths.
I've taught world mythology for twenty-five years, using a variety of texts over that time, and the Thury and Devinney textbook is by far the best and most valuable resource on the market. I have been using it since the first edition and haven't yet seen a superior work.
Introduction to Mythology covers mythology and also introduces the notion of myth in contemporary narrative form, all the while offering a coherent analytical group of ideas to explain why these themes we find in mythology are still in our narratives today. And it does so in one book. It is the only book I know of that takes such a comprehensive approach to the subject.
Notă biografică
Eva M. Thury is Associate Professor of English at Drexel University.Margaret K. Devinney is Associate Professor Emerita of German at Temple University.