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Imagining the Pagan Past - Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages (Hardcover, New)
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Imagining the Pagan Past - Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages (Hardcover, New)
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Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan
history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies,
folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship
with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious,
self-indulgent romance and, worse, encouraging tribal and
nationalistic feelings or challenging church and state. This book
shows how important these stories are to the history of British
culture, taking the reader on a lively tour from prehistory to the
present. From the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, Marion
Gibson explores the ways in which British pagan gods and goddesses
have been represented in poetry, novels, plays, chronicles,
scientific and scholarly writing. From Geoffrey of Monmouth to
Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney and H.G. Wells
to Naomi Mitchison it explores Romano-British, Celtic and
Anglo-Saxon deities and fictions. The result is a comprehensive
picture of the ways in which writers have peopled the British pagan
pantheons throughout history. Imagining the Pagan Past will be
essential reading for all those interested in the history of
paganism.
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