Myth
A Biography of Belief
Exploring classic works such as the Song of Songs, the Tao Te Ching, the Rg Veda, the New Testament, and the Indonesian myth of Hainuwele, Myth: A Biography of Belief reveals the cultural energies that ancient mythmakers sought to corral in their creations. David Leeming argues that myths are, by definition, evolving creations that live on in the work of modern-day mythmakers such as W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and Albert Einstein. Leeming provides an engaging new outlook on the role of myth in the works of these and other contemporary artists and scientists. The similarities between modern concepts like the Big Bang and ancient myths of crea…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-803262-5
- EAN: 9780198032625
- Produktnummer: 13935090
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'273 KB
- Abbildungen: 4 halftones
Über den Autor
David Leeming is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut and author of A Dictionary of Asian Mythology. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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