Modern Mythology (Annotated)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B015ASXKZI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 303 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture On Fairy-Stories. Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. . Lang s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books ar
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. A reply to Max Muller's Contributions to the Science of Mythology.ContentsIntroduction -- Recent mythology -- The story of Daphne -- The question of allies -- Mannhardt -- Philology and Demeter Erinnys -- Totemism -- The validity of anthropological evidence -- The philological method in anthropology -- Criticism of fetishism -- The riddle theory -- Artemis -- The fire-walk -- The origin of death -- Conclusion.. *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience
T. Simons said Not Exactly the Blue Fairy Book. If you're only familiar with Andrew Lang from the [color] fairy books and are hoping for a book of tales, this isn't that.What it is is a scholarly position paper in a then-current debate over the nature and origin of mythology. Andrew Lang is attempting to refute the theories . Five Stars Great !. Amazon Customer said Four Stars. Free download
R. Andrew s Andrew Lang Lectures. Lang s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. R. About the AuthorAndrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lect