0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics

Buy Now

Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,698
Discovery Miles 36 980
Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (Hardcover): Brett M Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens

Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (Hardcover)

Brett M Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,698 Discovery Miles 36 980 | Repayment Terms: R347 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy is the first collection of essays in English focusing on how fantasy draws deeply on ancient Greek and Roman mythology, philosophy, literature, history, art, and cult practice. Presenting fifteen all-new essays intended for both scholars and other readers of fantasy, this volume explores many of the most significant examples of the modern genre-including the works of H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, and more-in relation to important ancient texts such as Aeschylus' Oresteia, Aristotle's Poetics, Virgil's Aeneid, and Apuleius' The Golden Ass. These varied studies raise fascinating questions about genre, literary and artistic histories, and the suspension of disbelief required not only of readers of fantasy but also of students of antiquity. Ranging from harpies to hobbits, from Cyclopes to Cthulhu, and all manner of monster and myth in-between, this comparative study of Classics and fantasy reveals deep similarities between ancient and modern ways of imagining the world. Although antiquity and the present day differ in many ways, at its base, ancient literature resonates deeply with modern fantasy's image of worlds in flux and bodies in motion.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2017
Editors: Brett M Rogers • Benjamin Eldon Stevens
Dimensions: 217 x 148 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-061005-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-061005-0
Barcode: 9780190610050

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Become A Better Writer - How To Write…
Donald Powers, Greg Rosenberg Paperback R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260
Syntax: A Generative Introduction 4e and…
A Carnie Paperback R2,093 Discovery Miles 20 930
Inexpressible - Hesed and the Mystery of…
Michael Card Paperback R445 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700
Stigma Stories - Rhetoric, Lived…
Molly Margaret Kessler Hardcover R3,994 Discovery Miles 39 940
Building Confianza - Empowering…
Dalia MagaƱa Hardcover R3,422 Discovery Miles 34 220
Smuggling in Syntax
Adriana Belletti, Chris Collins Hardcover R3,176 Discovery Miles 31 760
Anti-contiguity - A Theory of Wh…
Jason Kandybowicz Hardcover R2,510 Discovery Miles 25 100
The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics
Yan Huang Hardcover R4,704 Discovery Miles 47 040
The Discourse of News Values - How News…
Monika Bednarek, Helen Caple Hardcover R3,708 Discovery Miles 37 080
Context Counts - Papers on Language…
Robin Tolmach Lakoff Hardcover R3,710 Discovery Miles 37 100
Where's the Rhetoric? - Imagining a…
S. Scott Graham Hardcover R3,578 Discovery Miles 35 780
Linguistic Rivalries - Tamil Migrants…
Sonia N. Das Hardcover R3,703 Discovery Miles 37 030

See more

Partners