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The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860: A Critical History with Documents
Burton Feldman
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Description for The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860: A Critical History with Documents
Paperback. Features 'old' texts that shed light on such topical questions as the rise of Fundamentalism and the mass popularity of secular mythologies like "Star Trek", "Star Wars", and "Xena: Warrior Princess". This book presents a voice of reason in the contemporary maelstrom of international religious violence and American pluralism. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 890.
" . . . peerless . . . " —The Key Reporter
" . . . this book is a first. It will be a standard . . . Comprehensiveness as well as the clarity of the headnotes should make it endure." —Choice
" . . . so good as it stands . . . one should simply be happy to have it." —The Journal of the History of Ideas
" . . . an original, compendious, and highly useful contribution to historical and mythographical scholarship." —The American Scholar
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253201881
SKU
V9780253201881
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About Burton Feldman
Burton Feldman, Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Denver, has also taught at the University of Chicago and Hebrew University. He has contributed articles on 18th-19th century mythology to the Dictionary of the History of Ideas and The Encyclopedia of Religion, and (with Robert D. Richardson) has edited and introduced Myth and Romanticism, a 50-volume set of sources ... Read more
Reviews for The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860: A Critical History with Documents
" ... peerless ... "
The Key Reporter " ... this book is a first. It will be a standard ... Comprehensiveness as well as the clarity of the headnotes should make it endure." -Choice " ... so good as it stands ... one should simply be happy to have it."
The Journal of ... Read more
The Key Reporter " ... this book is a first. It will be a standard ... Comprehensiveness as well as the clarity of the headnotes should make it endure." -Choice " ... so good as it stands ... one should simply be happy to have it."
The Journal of ... Read more