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The Modern Myths - Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination (Hardcover) Loot Price: R882
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The Modern Myths - Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination (Hardcover): Philip Ball

The Modern Myths - Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination (Hardcover)

Philip Ball

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Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time-fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them-and still living them-today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called "modern myths." But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2021
Authors: Philip Ball
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-71926-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
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LSN: 0-226-71926-X
Barcode: 9780226719269

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