The Mute Immortals Speak

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• A body of Bedouin oral poetry which was collected in the second or third Islamic century, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, stands with the Qur'an as a... Lees meer

Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom

Norman Austin

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful ... Lees meer

Ariadne's Thread

William Hansen

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• From Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral ... Lees meer

After Antiquity

Margaret Alexiou

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• With the publication of Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, widely considered a classic in Modern Greek studies and in collateral fields, Margaret Alexi... Lees meer

Mothers in Mourning

Nicole Loraux

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• "Nicole Loraux brilliantly elucidates how Athenian politics were 'gendered' in the Classical period. She investigates the Athenian state's interdictio... Lees meer

The Mute Immortals Speak

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• A body of Bedouin oral poetry which was collected in the second or third Islamic century, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, stands with the Qur'an as a... Lees meer

Heroic Sagas and Ballads

Stephen A Mitchell

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• In Heroic Sagas and Ballads , Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Centra... Lees meer

Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun

Stephanie W Jamison

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 B.C.E.--a cruci... Lees meer

A History of Brazil

E Bradford Burns

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Here is a new edition of the book generally acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Brazil. It has been thoroughly revised and updated to inclu... Lees meer

Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India , Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single reg... Lees meer

The Anger of Achilles

Leonard Muellner

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• "Menis opens for consideration an immense range of significant poetic possibilities, not the least of which is that of an ethical sense for the term."... Lees meer

Heroic Sagas and Ballads

Stephen A Mitchell

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• In Heroic Sagas and Ballads , Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Centra... Lees meer

Poetry in Speech

Egbert J Bakker

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry... Lees meer

The Anger of Achilles

Leonard Muellner

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• "Menis opens for consideration an immense range of significant poetic possibilities, not the least of which is that of an ethical sense for the term."... Lees meer

The Odyssey in Athens

Erwin F Cook

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• A study in poetic interaction, The Odyssey in Athens explores the ways in which narrative structure and parallels within and between epic poems create... Lees meer

Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India , Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single reg... Lees meer

The Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun

Stephanie W Jamison

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 B.C.E.--a cruci... Lees meer

Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

Dwight F Reynolds

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand ye... Lees meer

Ariadne's Thread

William Hansen

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• From Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral ... Lees meer

Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

Dwight F Reynolds

• Paperback | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand ye... Lees meer

The Singer Resumes the Tale

Albert Bates Lord

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• Does thinking differ in western and non-western cultures. Read the results as a team of philosophers, psychologists, theologians, anthropologists and ... Lees meer

Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the "Odyssey"

Charles Segal

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal o... Lees meer

Myth and the Polis

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the an... Lees meer

Phrasikleia

Jesper Svenbro

• Hardcover | Engels | Myth and Poetics
• First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture t... Lees meer