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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-101421414198

ISBN-139781421414195

eBay Product ID (ePID)202514822

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameApproaches to Greek Myth

SubjectFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year2014

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorLowell Edmunds

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-043623

ReviewsThe quality and success of the first edition of this work finds a new iteration in the thoroughly new second edition... Very useful for both scholars and seminars on ancient Greek mythology., ""The quality and success of the first edition of this work finds a new iteration in the thoroughly new second edition... Very useful for both scholars and seminars on ancient Greek mythology.""

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromCollege Freshman

IllustratedYes

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal292.1/3

Table Of ContentPreface General Introductions Chapter 1. The Reception of Greek Myth Chapter 2. What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander: Myth and Ritual, Old and New Chapter 3. Greek and Near Easter Mythologies: A Story of Mediterranean Chapter 4. Hierarchy, Heroes, and Heads: Indo-European Structures in Greek Myth Chapter 5. Odysseus and the Oar: A Comparative Approach to a Greek Legend Chapter 6. Narrative Semantics and Pragmatics: The Poetic Creation of Cyrene Chapter 7. Mythis in Images: Theseus and Medea as a Case Study Chapter 8. Greek Myth and Psychoanalysis Contributors Index

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisNow thoroughly revised and updated, this volume offers a variety of historical, comparative, and theoretical perspectives on Greek myth. Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of "myth" in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and what do they mean today? Here, Lowell Edmunds brings together practitioners of eight of the most important contemporary approaches to the subject. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, each contributor lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Edmunds's new general and chapter-level introductions recontextualize these essays and also touch on recent developments in scholarship in the interpretation of Greek myth. Contributors are Jordi Pàmias, on the reception of Greek myth through history; H. S. Versnel, on the intersections of myth and ritual; Carolina López-Ruiz, on the near Eastern contexts; Joseph Falaky Nagy, on Indo-European structure in Greek myth; William Hansen, on myth and folklore; Claude Calame, on the application of semiotic theory of narrative; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, on reading visual sources such as vase paintings; and Robert A. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations., Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of 'myth' in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and what do they mean today? Here, Lowell Edmunds brings together practitioners of eight of the most important contemporary approaches to the subject. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, each contributor lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Edmunds's new general and chapter-level introductions recontextualize these essays and also touch on recent developments in scholarship in the interpretation of Greek myth. Contributors are Jordi Pamias, on the reception of Greek myth through history; H. S. Versnel, on the intersections of myth and ritual; Carolina López-Ruiz, on the near Eastern contexts; Joseph Falaky Nagy, on Indo-European structure in Greek myth; William Hansen, on myth and folklore; Claude Calame, on the application of semiotic theory of narrative; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, on reading visual sources such as vase paintings; and Robert A. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations., Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of 'myth' in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and ......, Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of "myth" in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and what do they mean today? Here, Lowell Edmunds brings together practitioners of eight of the most important contemporary approaches to the subject. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, each contributor lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Edmunds's new general and chapter-level introductions recontextualize these essays and also touch on recent developments in scholarship in the interpretation of Greek myth. Contributors are Jordi P mias, on the reception of Greek myth through history; H. S. Versnel, on the intersections of myth and ritual; Carolina L pez-Ruiz, on the near Eastern contexts; Joseph Falaky Nagy, on Indo-European structure in Greek myth; William Hansen, on myth and folklore; Claude Calame, on the application of semiotic theory of narrative; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, on reading visual sources such as vase paintings; and Robert A. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations., Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of "myth" in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks and what do they mean today? Here, Lowell Edmunds brings together practitioners of eight of the most important contemporary approaches to the subject. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, each contributor lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Edmunds's new general and chapter-level introductions recontextualize these essays and also touch on recent developments in scholarship in the interpretation of Greek myth. Contributors are Jordi Pàmias, on the reception of Greek myth through history; H. S. Versnel, on the intersections of myth and ritual; Carolina López-Ruiz, on the near Eastern contexts; Joseph Falaky Nagy, on Indo-European structure in Greek myth; William Hansen, on myth and folklore; Claude Calame, on the application of semiotic theory of narrative; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, on reading visual sources such as vase paintings; and Robert A. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations.

LC Classification NumberBL790.A66 2014