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Author : Richard Reynolds
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0878056947
A study of one of popular culture's superstars whose enchanting mystique pervades the modern world
Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226823843
With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our most important tales. 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.
Author : andrew lang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Burton Feldman,Robert D. Richardson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-04-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253201888
A book on modern mythology
Author : Gregory Allen Schrempp
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773539891
Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing.
Author : Nikita Gill
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780593085677
Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with an innovative novel in verse, exploring Hindu mythology and legend. Let her be a little less human, a little more divine Give her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mine Meet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn. Born into a family reeling from the ruptures of Partition in India, we follow her as she crosses the precarious lines between childhood, teenage discovery, and realizing her adult self. In the process, Paro must confront fear, desire and the darkest parts of herself in the search for meaning and, ultimately, empowerment. Nikita Gill's vivid poetry and beautiful illustrations have captured hearts and imaginations--but in The Girl and the Goddess, she offers us her most personal and deeply felt writing to date: an intimate coming-of-age story told in linked poems that offers a look into the Hindu mythology and rich cultural influences that helped her become the woman she is today.
Author : Roland Barthes
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780809071944
"This new edition of MYTHOLOGIES is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic, Roland Barthes's most emblematic work"--
Author : David Whitt,John Perlich
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476614496
Ubiquitous and enduring, myths are an inherent part of culture. These 10 essays explore the role of myth in the modern world, delving not only into science fiction and fantasy, but also into sport, terrorist rhetoric and television. Contributors contemplate the changing face of the hero in Breaking Bad, Justified and the Japanese film trilogy 20th Century Boys; explore ideology in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice novels and the HBO series Game of Thrones, Showtime’s The L Word, and The Day the Earth Stood Still; and examine Al Qaeda’s use of myth to justify its violent actions. Other essays consider the hero ideal in sport, the wolf myth in Twilight and the comic persona of Hercules in the Travel Channel series Man v. Food. The power of myth, this volume reveals, extends beyond ancient stories of gods and heroes to express the hopes, fears and reality of everyday life.
Author : Roy Andrew Miller
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037369167
This text analyzes the Japanese psyche through the Japanese language, and the myths and misconceptions that have been built around it.
Author : Peter Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134890507
The Mythology of Modern Law is a radical reappraisal of the role of myth in modern society. Peter Fitzpatrick uses the example of law, as an integral category of modern social thought, to challenge the claims of modernity which deny the relevance of myth to modern society.
Author : Dan Brasoveanu
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780595484997
Modern physics has degenerated into mythology. Quantum mechanics (QM) is based on the assumption that "elementary" particles are truly fundamental. This assumption has been invalidated by numerous experiments. By interaction with other particles, quarks and other components of "elementary" particles are pulled apart or squeezed together. Due to such deformations, the complex structures called "elementary" particles accumulate internal energy, which is neglected in the entire Quantum Mechanics literature. Double slit experiments do not justify the abandonment of Classical Physics and the creation of Quantum Mechanics. The interference patterns, which supposedly demonstrate the unique nature of "elementary" particles, are faithfully reproduced with common objects. Correctly applied i.e., without neglecting internal energy, Classical Physics provides a deterministic and unitary description of virtually all quantum phenomena. Classical Physics also explains relativistic effects, i.e., mass increase, length contraction and time dilation without recourse to particular hypotheses like the existence of aether. The components of "elementary" particles are bound by cohesion forces propagating through quanta. The energy of quanta increases with particle velocity according to the Doppler Effect. As a result, the relativistic energy and mass of an "elementary" particle are proportional to the Lorentz factor. This mass increase causes length contraction and time dilation.
Author : William K. Ferrell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313002861
Novels and films record and codify the cultural experiences of their people. This book explores the relationship between contemporary literature and film of the past fifty years and the ancient myths of Judeo-Christian, Greek, Celtic, and Eastern origin. Following a detailed description and explanation of both literary and film devices, stories that inform to a mythic tradition are analyzed to identify what they reveal about modern culture. This work explores such diverse subjects as heroism, coming of age, and morality. This approach to literature and film explores how contemporary fiction and film fulfill a continuum in our never-ending search to understand how life ought to be lived. Encompassing a broad spectrum of modern film and fiction, a variety of authors and directors are represented. Included are novels from such writers as Stephen King, Alice Walker, Ken Kesey, Jerzy Kosinski, Robert Penn Warren, and Michael Ondaatje. Film directors include Stephen Spielberg, Hal Ashby, Phil Alden Robinson, George Stevens, Robert Rossen, and Milos Forman. As a valuable resource for film and literature classes alike, this work also provides suggestions for student projects.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Literature
ISBN : UCAL:B3934985
This work by Andrew Lang discusses the state of mythology that was contemporary in his lifetime. Lang also uses anthropological evidence to enlighten his readers about the origins of mythology.
Author : Mary Midgley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134841165
What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion of science.
Author : Andrew Von Hendy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : CHI:60116123
". . . one of the richest, clearest, and acutest surveys to date of the course of theorizing about myth from the eighteenth century on. I know of no more useful volume on the topic. Despite the postmodern connotations of the title, Von Hendy is writing not to expose the concept of myth but simply to show the array of ways in which it has been used from time to time and from place to place. A superb work." —Robert A. Segal, University of Lancaster, author of Theorizing about Myth Andrew Von Hendy offers an integrated critical account of the career of myth in modernity. He takes as its starting point some crucial moments in the 18th-century reinvention of the concept and then follows the major branches of theorizing as they appear in the work of theologians, philosophers, literary artists, political thinkers, folklorists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others. Von Hendy pursues each of these four fundamental strains of theory through the 20th century: the rise of neo-romantic theories in depth psychology, modernist literature, and later in religious phenomenology, philosophy, and literary criticism; the establishment of folkloristic theory in ethnological fieldwork and in classical studies; the growth of ideological theories from Sorel to Barthes and Derrida; and the recent ascent of constitutive theories of myth as necessary fiction. Finally, Von Hendy examines the work of five theorists who attempt to come to terms with the lessons of the ideological critique, yet regard myth as a constructive phenomenon.