Biblical And Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework Of Western Culture - Couverture souple

Frye, Northrop; Macpherson, Jay

 
9780802086952: Biblical And Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework Of Western Culture
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0802086950 ISBN 13 : 9780802086952
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2004

Synopsis

In the 1970s and 80s, Northrop Frye and Jay Macpherson co-taught a very influential course at the University of Toronto's Victoria College on the history of Western mythology - Frye focusing on the biblical myths; Macpherson on the classical. Biblical and Classical Myths recreates the thought behind that course, with Frye's lectures - unpublished until very recently - supplemented by Macpherson's popular 1962 textbook on classical mythology, Four Ages: The Classical Myths.

Frye's lectures on the Bible make up the first half of the book. He expounds on an array of topics, including translations of the bible, sexual imagery, pastoral and agricultural imagery, and law and revolution in the bible. Four Ages makes up the second half. Macpherson narrates the major classical myths from stories of creation to the myths' survival in later European traditions.

By complementing the biblical tradition with the classical, this volume imparts a comprehensive understanding of western mythology. With a preface by Alvin Lee, general editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye, Biblical and Classical Myths is an essential volume and represents a unique achievement in scholarship.

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À propos des auteurs

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include Words with Power and Anatomy of Criticism.



Jay Macpherson is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at Victoria College, University of Toronto.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802086950
ISBN 13 
9780802086952
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
500
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780802039279: Biblical And Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework Of Western Culture

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ISBN 10 :  0802039278 ISBN 13 :  9780802039279
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2004
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