Myths and Fictions
Title | Myths and Fictions PDF eBook |
Author | Biderman |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 407 |
Release | 2021-11-22 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004451943 |
Myths and Fictions — the third in a series of books on comparative philosophy and religion — is a collection of original essays, none previously published, on the theory and the actuality of myths and fictions in the different cultures of the world. Through all the essays there runs the question of the relation of literal truth to truth conceived in other ways or dimensions. Taken as a whole, the book makes a serious attempt to get beyond the confines of any single culture and enter into the mythical imagination of the ancient Hindus, Chinese, Hebrews and Christians, and by this act of imagination to escape (in Italo Calvino's words) "the limited perspective of the individual ego, not only to enter into selves like our own but to give speech to that which has no language..."
A Book of Myths
Title | A Book of Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Lang |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2022-09-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Book of Myths" by Jean Lang. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Myths of Origin
Title | Myths of Origin PDF eBook |
Author | Catherynne M. Valente |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781890464141 |
"Collected here for the first time, [the author's] early short novels explore, deconstruct, and ultimately explode the seminal myths of both East and West"--P. [4] of cover.
Ancient Myths
Title | Ancient Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Swinburne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780817210427 |
Folklore.
Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths ...
Title | Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths ... PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremiah Curtin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 838 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Seneca Indians |
ISBN |
Mythological Fictions of the Greeks and Romans
Title | Mythological Fictions of the Greeks and Romans PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Philipp Moutz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | Mythology, Classical |
ISBN |
Fantastic Worlds
Title | Fantastic Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | Eric S. Rabkin |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1979-06-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0199839190 |
As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories, ranging from Genesis to Ovid, Hans Christian Andersen to J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe to James Thurber, and Franz Kafka to Italo Calvino. Including tales of fairies and elves, ghost stories, high fantasy, and stories of social criticism and the conflict between science and religion, this volume presents a diverse selection of writings that all share the same capacity to liberate the human spirit through the wild mental acrobatics of fantasy.