Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor
| Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor |
| Autore | Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians - Antiquities
Indians Fossils - America - History Fossils - America Tales - America Paleontology - America Paleoanthropology - America |
| ISBN |
0-691-24561-4
0-691-11345-9 1-4008-4931-4 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790654303321 |
Mayor Adrienne <1946->
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor
| Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor |
| Autore | Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians - Antiquities
Indians Fossils - America - History Fossils - America Tales - America Paleontology - America Paleoanthropology - America |
| ISBN |
0-691-24561-4
0-691-11345-9 1-4008-4931-4 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810819103321 |
Mayor Adrienne <1946->
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe
| Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe |
| Autore | Coupe Laurence <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 201/.3/092 |
| Collana | Theorists of myth |
| Soggetto topico | Myth - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-135-34907-X
0-203-95287-1 1-135-34900-2 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Myth and Society; 2. Myth and Literary Criticism; 3. Myth and ""Ritual Drama""; 4. Myth and ""Victimage""; 5. Myth and Ecology; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790646803321 |
Coupe Laurence <1950->
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe
| Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe |
| Autore | Coupe Laurence <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 201/.3/092 |
| Collana | Theorists of myth |
| Soggetto topico | Myth - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-135-34907-X
0-203-95287-1 1-135-34900-2 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Myth and Society; 2. Myth and Literary Criticism; 3. Myth and ""Ritual Drama""; 4. Myth and ""Victimage""; 5. Myth and Ecology; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806809503321 |
Coupe Laurence <1950->
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth / / Paul T. Barber, Elizabeth Wayland Barber
| When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth / / Paul T. Barber, Elizabeth Wayland Barber |
| Autore | Barber Elizabeth Wayland |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina | 201.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mythology - psychology
Mythology Myth |
| ISBN |
1-283-37990-2
9786613379900 1-4008-4286-7 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Time Capsules -- 2 The Memory Crunch: How Long a Pipeline? -- 3 The Silence Principle: Of Lethe and the Golden Calf -- 4 More Silence: Movie Reels from Snapshots -- 5 Analogy: Our Brain's Best Talent -- 6 Willfulness: The Atom or Thou -- 7 Multiple Aspects: The More the Merrier -- 8 Multiple Viewpoints: Ear,Trunk, or Tail -- 9 Views through Biased Lenses -- 10 Metaphoric Reality: Magic and Dreams (or Hū's on First) -- 11 Compression: Methuselah and the Eponymous Heroes -- 12 Post Hocus Ergo Pocus: Space Aliens Mutilate Cows! -- 13 Restructuring: New Patterns for Old -- 14 Mnemonics: Behind the Silliness -- 15 The Spirit World: A Realm Reversed -- 16 Of Sky and Time -- 17 Prometheus -- 18 Fire-Breathing Dragons -- APPENDIX. Index of Myth Principles -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248075003316 |
Barber Elizabeth Wayland
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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