The Anatomy Of Myth
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The Anatomy Of Myth
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Author : Michael W. Herren
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Anatomy Of Myth written by Michael W. Herren and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Social Science categories.
The Anatomy of Myth is a comprehensive study of the different methods of interpreting myths developed by the Greeks, adopted by the Romans, and eventually passed on to Jewish and Christian interpreters of the Bible. Greek thinkers only rarely saw "myth" as a category of thought in its own right. Most often they viewed myths as the creation of poets, or else as an ancient revelation that had been corrupted by them. In the first instance, critics attempted to find in the intention of the authors some deeper truth, whether physical or spiritual; in the second, they deemed it necessary to clear away poetic falsehoods in order to recapture an ancient revelation. Parallel to the philosophical critiques were the efforts of early historians to explain myths as exaggerated history; myths could be purified by logos (reason) and rendered believable. Practically all of these early methods could be lumped under the term "allegory"--to intend something different from what one expressed. Only occasionally did philosophers veer from a concern for the literal truth of myths but a few thinkers, while acknowledging myths as fictions, defended their value for the examples of good and bad human behavior they offered. These early efforts were invaluable for the development of critical thinking, enabling public criticism of even the most authoritative texts. The Church Fathers took the interpretative methods of their pagan contemporaries and applied them vigorously to their reading of the scriptures. Pagan Greek methods of myth interpretation passed into the Middle Ages and beyond, serving as a perennial defense against the damaging effects of scriptural literalism and fundamentalism.
Jack The Ripper
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Author : William Beadle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Jack The Ripper written by William Beadle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Serial murderers categories.
Custer S Last Stand
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Author : Brian W. Dippie
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Custer S Last Stand written by Brian W. Dippie and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with History categories.
Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character.
Andreas Vesalius
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Author : Stephen N. Joffe
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-03-24
Andreas Vesalius written by Stephen N. Joffe and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564 By Stephen N. Joffe, M.D. Vesalius was the foremost pioneer of modern anatomy. Born in Brussels, he came from a family of physicians. Educated in Louvain, he studied medicine in Montpelier and Paris, returning to Louvain to teach anatomy. In 1535 he went to France to be an army surgeon to King Charles V and two years later became a professor of anatomy in Padua, Italy. Subsequently he became a physician to the court of Philip II of Spain. On a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, he received a call to return to Padua to occupy chair of Fallopius. In a storm leading to a shipwreck and subsequent death on the Isle of Zante, Vesalius was buried there in an unmarked grave in 1564. This marked the end of the ‘prince of anatomy.’ Vesalius’ book De Humani Corporus Fabrica published in Basel in 1543, contributes one of the greatest treasures of western civilization and culture. With its companion volume the Epitome, began the modern observational science and research.
Myth
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Author : Robert Alan Segal
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Myth written by Robert Alan Segal and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Religion categories.
This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. In this new edition, Robert Segal considers both the future study of myth as well as the impact of areas such as cognitive science and the latest approaches to narrative theory.
Exodus From The Alamo
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Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2010-03-15
Exodus From The Alamo written by Phillip Thomas Tucker and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-15 with History categories.
The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett. Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, historian Phillip Tucker sheds new light on the famous battle, contending that the traditional myth is even more off-base than we thought. In a startling revelation, Tucker uncovers that the primary fights took place on the plain outside the fort. While a number of the Alamo’s defenders hung on inside, most died while attempting to escape. Capt. Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel, fired repeatedly into the throng of enemy cavalry until he was finally cut down. The controversy surrounding Davy Crockett still remains, though the recently authenticated diary of the Mexican Col. José Enrique de la Peña offers evidence that he surrendered. Notoriously, Mexican Pres. Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna burned the bodies of the Texans who had dared stand against him. As this book proves in thorough detail, the funeral pyres were well outside the fort—that is, where the two separate groups of escapees fell on the plain, rather than in the Alamo itself.
Myth And Literature
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Author : John B. Vickery
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1969-01-01
Myth And Literature written by John B. Vickery and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of thirty-four major essays devoted to the theories, methods, and problems of myth criticism offers a convenient and substantial introduction to one of the most distinctive trends in contemporary literary study. The essays (many of them previously uncollected) are arranged to lead from general considerations to analyses of specific authors. The four Part I selections constitute an informal survey of the views of myth and ritual taken by disciplines other than literature. In Part II the first six essays relate the concept of myth and ritual to general literary theory, while the final three evaluate the uses of myth in critical theory and practice. The twenty-one Part III essays, which apply myth criticism to individual literary works or authors, afford a representative sampling of the mythopoeic patterns discerned in literature from Home to Faulkner. Among the contributors are: David Bidney, Gäza R¢heim, Joseph Campbell, Clyde Kluckhohn, Stanley Hyman, Philip Wheelwright, Richard Chase, Harold Watts, Northrop Frye, Andrew Lytle, Philip Rahv, Francis Fergusson, Marvin Magalaner, John Lydenberg, and Harry Slochower.
Pierpont Morgan And Friends
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Author : George Wheeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Pierpont Morgan And Friends written by George Wheeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Mysteries Within
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Author : Sherwin B. Nuland
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-03-06
The Mysteries Within written by Sherwin B. Nuland and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-06 with Medical categories.
Studies how current knowledge of human's inner organs has emerged from a rich history of imaginative speculation about how the body works and what role the major organs play.
Northrop Frye On Myth
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Author : Ford Russell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-10-28
Northrop Frye On Myth written by Ford Russell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-28 with Religion categories.
Nortrop Frye differed from other theorists of myth in tracing all of the major literary genres--romance, comedy, satire, not just tragedy--to myth and ritual. This volume is the most thorough presentation of his thinking on the subject.