Richard Buxton

Broschiertes Buch

Imaginary Greece

The Contexts of Mythology

Beschreibung

This is a study of Greek mythology in relation to its original contexts. Part one deals with the contexts in which myths were narrated: the home, public festivals, the lesche. Part two, the heart of the book, examines the relation between the realities of Greek life and the fantasies of mythology; the landscape, the family and religion are taken as case studies. Part three focuses on the function of myth-telling, both as seen by the Greeks themselves and as perceived by later observers.

Autor

Richard lives with his family in the South Downs, Sussex, England. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University in 2014. He has an abiding relationship with America, having studied at Syracuse University, New York State, in the late eighties. His short stories have won the Exeter Story Prize, the Bedford International Writing Competition and the Nivalis Short Story Award. The Copper Road is the second novel in the Shire's Union trilogy. The first book of the trilogy, Whirligig, was shortlisted for the Rubery International Book Award. To learn more about Richard's writing visit https://www.richardbuxton.net.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780521338653
• ISBN-10: 0521338654
• Artikelnr.: 21130950