ISBN: 9780198140900

The transformation of human beings to animals, plants, and stones is one of the commonest and most characteristic themes of Greek mythology; whereas many cultures contain some such storie… More...

The transformation of human beings to animals, plants, and stones is one of the commonest and most characteristic themes of Greek mythology; whereas many cultures contain some such stories, in none are they so popular as in the Greek myths. Transformations are also some of the most mysterious and fantastic episodes in Greek mythology. Given the intriguing nature of the subject-matter, it is surprising that no study of these stories has ever appeared in English. But this book is unusual in its approach. Studies of Greek myths haveusually tended to try to explain them away in terms of some external entity, whether it be some hypothetical ritual, some curious phenomenum of nature or some long-forgotten historical event. The book argues that this attitude ignores what is of most interest about Greek myths - their appeal asstories. The author analyses the various ways in which these stories imagine and explore what it means for a person to change his or her form. | Metamorphosis in Greek Myths by P. M. C. Forbes Irving Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, P. M. C. Forbes Irving<

1992, ISBN: 0198140908

[EAN: 9780198140900], Neubuch, [PU: OUP Oxford], LITERARY CRITICISM / ANCIENT & CLASSICAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -The transformation of people into animals, plants, and sto… More...

[EAN: 9780198140900], Neubuch, [PU: OUP Oxford], LITERARY CRITICISM / ANCIENT & CLASSICAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -The transformation of people into animals, plants, and stones is one of the most common and characteristic themes of Greek mythology, embodying as well some of the most mysterious and fantastic episodes in a mythology that is sometimes considered to be relatively realistic and lacking in fantasy. This book, the first study of these myths in English, analyzes the various ways in which they imagine and explore the experience of changing one's form. Forbes Irving's unusual approach is to look for their meaning not in long-forgotten rituals or historical events, but in their imaginative appeal as stories. 344 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780198140900

Fnac.com : Metamorphosis in Greek Myths, Oxford Classical Monographs - Livre. Découvrez des nouveautés, des coups de cœur, des avis d'internautes, … Livre - Livre, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand

Fnac.com : Metamorphosis in Greek Myths, Oxford Classical Monographs - Livre. Découvrez des nouveautés, des coups de cœur, des avis d'internautes, … Livre - Livre, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand<

1992, ISBN: 0198140908

Kartoniert / Broschiert LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:OUP Oxford]

1992, ISBN: 9780198140900

Buch, Softcover, [PU: Clarendon Press], Clarendon Press, 1992