Gods, Heroes, & Kings - The Battle for Mythic Britain

Zusatztext "Destined to become the fundamental history of British mythology"--Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Christopher Fee is Assistant Professor of English at Gettysburg College and author of Torture and Text in Anglo-Saxon England. David A. Leeming is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. His books include Myths, Legends and Folktales (OUP, 1999), Mythology (OUP, 1998), and, with Jake Page, God: Myths of the Male Divine and Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine (both OUP, 1996). Klappentext - A fascinating account of Britain's mythic traditions Zusammenfassung This book unearths the layers of the British Isles' unique folkloric tradition to discover how this body of seemingly disparate tales developed. The authors find a virtual battlefield of myths on which pagan and Judeo-Christian beliefs fought for dominance, and classical, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Celtic narrative threads became tangled.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher R Fee, Christopher R. Fee, Christopher R. (Assistant Professor of English Fee, Christopher R./ Leeming Fee, Fee Christopher R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2004
• EAN: 9780195174038
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517403-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Assisted by: David A. Leeming
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, Folklore studies / Study of myth