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Literature and the Gods

Literature and the Gods( )
Author: Calasso, Roberto
Translator: Parks, Tim
ISBN:978-0-375-41138-0
Publication Date:Mar 2001
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $22.00
Book Description:

From the internationally acclaimed author of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka, a stunning summation of his lifelong study of the role of the gods in the human imagination. Based on the prestigious Weidenfeld Lectures Roberto Calasso gave at Oxford in May 2000, Literature and the Gods traces the return of pagan divinities to Western literature from their first reappearance at the beginning of the modern era to their place in the literature of our own time. Calasso sets out to...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.31 x 7.79 x 0.87 Inches
Book Weight:0.706 Pounds



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