Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture. By Northrop Frye and Jay Macpherson
This book can be located at the cross line between Theology, myth theories and literature studies; it deals with problems of tradition, re-creation of myths (mythopoesis) and interpretation, by pointing out the web of interrelations between literary and religious texts—such as the Bible, Blake, Shak...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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Literature and theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 485-487 |
| Review of: | Biblical and Classical Myths (Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2004) (Bittarello, Maria Beatrice)
Biblical and classical myths (Toronto [u.a.] : University of Toronto Press, 2004) (Bittarello, Maria Beatrice) |
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| Summary: | This book can be located at the cross line between Theology, myth theories and literature studies; it deals with problems of tradition, re-creation of myths (mythopoesis) and interpretation, by pointing out the web of interrelations between literary and religious texts—such as the Bible, Blake, Shakespeare, Aeschylus’ tragedies, to mention only a few. The book is divided in two parts. The first section collects Northrop Frye's lectures on the Bible (already published as Northrop Frye's Notebooks and Lectures on the Bible and Other Religious Texts. Edited by Robert D. Denham. (Collected Works of Northrop Frye series, vol. 13. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frl053 |