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Autore |
Leeming David Adams <1937-> |
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Titolo |
Mythology : the voyage of the hero / / David Adams Leeming |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772536-8 |
1-280-52998-9 |
0-19-802810-5 |
1-4294-1581-9 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mythology |
Heroes - Mythology |
Heroes in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p259-264. _ Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-264) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Meaning of Myth; Part 1. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD; Part 2. CHILDHOOD, INITIATION, AND DIVINE SIGNS; Part 3. PREPARATION, MEDITATION, WITHDRAWAL, AND REFUSAL; Part 4. TRIAL AND QUEST; Part 5. DEATH AND THE SCAPEGOAT; Part 6. THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD; Part 7. RESURRECTION AND REBIRTH; Part 8. ASCENSION, APOTHEOSIS, AND ATONEMENT; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Leeming collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature, as well as non-English language sources, to present a universal approach to the topic of mythology. |
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