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Sex in the World of Myth
ISBN: 9781780239774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In Sex in the World of Myth, David Leeming argues that sex is as important in myths as it is in our lives.
In Sex in the World of Myth, David Leeming argues that sex is as important in myths as it is in our lives.
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128,76 zł |
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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
ISBN: 9780195147896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization.
Leeming begins with a brief, engaging history of the Middle East, spanning Neolithic cultures, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, the invention of writing and the rise of Egypt and Babylonia, Israel and Roman rule, and the early history of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims. This is followed by an in-depth discussion of the mythology of the region, covering... Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mytho...
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146,57 zł |
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James Baldwin: A Biography
ISBN: 9781628724387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon--Go Tell It on a Mountain, Giovanni's Room, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, and The Evidence of Things Not Seen--he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference. A gay, African American writer who was born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself living in exile in Paris. When he returned to America to cover the Civil Rights movement, he became an activist and controversial spokesman...
James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon--Go Tell It on a Mountain,...
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77,84 zł |
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Oxford Companion to World Mythology
ISBN: 9780195387087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology in history, revealing how the dreams of specific cultures add up to the larger collective story of humanity.
Appealingly illustrated with nearly one hundred black-and-white halftones, the Companion provides thousands of alphabetically arranged entries covering all aspects of mythology including areas traditionally ignored by mythologists such as Polynesia, Africa, Native North America, Australia, and more. Leeming includes substantial essays on the worlds major mythological... In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology in history, revealing how the dreams of specific cul...
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109,64 zł |
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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
ISBN: 9780195182521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Here, David Leeming offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East. Leeming offers an in-depth discussion of the mythology of the region, covering individual pantheons, cosmic myths, mythic heroes, and much more. He ranges from prehistoric figures such as the Mother Goddess of Catal Huyuk to Mesopotamian gods such as Marduk and mythic heroes such as Gilgamesh, to the pantheon of Egyptian mythology, including the falcon-headed sky-sun god Horus and jackal-headed Anubis. The author also offers an illuminating exploration of the mythology of the three great...
Here, David Leeming offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East. Leeming offers an in-depth discussion of the m...
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112,11 zł |
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Medusa: In the Mirror of Time
ISBN: 9781780230955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifying--quite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of many forms: a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed, an erotic power that could annihilate men, and, thanks to Freud, a woman whose hair was a nest of terrifying penises that signaled castration. She has been immortalized by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dali and was the emblem of the Jacobins after the French Revolution....
With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifying--quite literally, since looking directly at her turned people t...
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103,01 zł |
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Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780195117844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle Sam, Paul Revere and Billy the Kid, and even the Iroquois Flying Head and Elvis. In the book's section on dogmas and icons, for instance, Leeming and Page discuss the American melting pot, the notion of manifest destiny, and the imposing historical...
This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the...
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117,03 zł |
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Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World
ISBN: 9781573560252 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytelling, a form of communication that dates back to the dawn of humanity. It is an A to Z collection of over 700 entries covering such major storytelling elements as motifs, character types, tale types, place names, and creation mythologies and storytelling techniques of cultures around the world. Examples of subjects covered are the contributions of pioneering folklorists and mythologists such as: Franz Boas, Stith Thompson, and Joseph Campbell; descriptions of such well-known Western tales as... This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytelling, a form of communication that dates back to th... |
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448,58 zł |
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Myth: A Biography of Belief
ISBN: 9780195161052 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Exploring classic works such as the Song of Songs, the Tao Te Ching, the Rg Veda, the New Testament, and the Indonesian myth of Hainuwele, Myth: A Biography of Belief reveals the cultural energies that ancient "mythmakers" sought to corral in their creations. David Leeming argues that myths are, by definition, evolving creations that live on in the work of modern-day "mythmakers" such as W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and Albert Einstein. Leeming provides an engaging new outlook on the role of myth in the works of these and other contemporary artists and scientists. The similarities between...
Exploring classic works such as the Song of Songs, the Tao Te Ching, the Rg Veda, the New Testament, and the Indonesian myth of Hainuwele, Myth: A Bio...
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67,80 zł |
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From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology
ISBN: 9780195143614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "From Iceland to India, from prehistoric cave paintings and fertility figurines to such modern-day 'myths' as the invisible hand, the Oedipal conflict and Schrodinger's cat, Leeming's intriguing treatise on comparative mythology covers a lot of ground. Out of this enormous variety of information, Leeming, a professor of comparative literature and author of The World of Myth, discerns a coherent, distinctive European mythical tradition.... His wide-ranging, well-written treatment contains a wealth of insights on the development of Western culture." --PW Online
"From Iceland to India, from prehistoric cave paintings and fertility figurines to such modern-day 'myths' as the invisible hand, the Oedipal conflict...
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141,65 zł |
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God
ISBN: 9780195113877 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrificial victim, a consort of the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; and the creator, a distant and impersonal immensity. He is the male divine, seen in the many gods of myth, and his life story is told here in this graceful and illuminating account by David Leeming and Jake Page.
Illustrating their points with materials ranging from the prehistoric cave paintings to the mystic Jewish Kabbalah, from the ancient Indian Vedas to tales of the North American Indians and other myths from around the world, Leeming and Page... He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrificial victim, a consort of the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; and the cr...
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87,49 zł |
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The World of Myth: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780197685150 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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315,86 zł |
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The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
ISBN: 9780195156690 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of years later; point to an early human desire to form a cultural identity. In the Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology, or myth-logic, in history and determines that the dreams of specific cultures add up to a larger collective story of humanity. Stopping short of attempting to be all-inclusive, this fascinating volume will nonetheless be comprehensive, opening with an introduction exploring the nature and dimensions of myth and proposing a definition as a...
Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of years later; point to an early human desire to form a cult...
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262,32 zł |
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A Dictionary of Creation Myths
ISBN: 9780195102758 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave him the thread to hold while he wove the patterns of the earth. Sometimes the mole would let out too much thread, and finally the earth grew too large for the space under heaven. The mole was so upset that he hid under the earth. God sent the bee to look for him; he wanted the mole's advice on what to do about the mistake. The bee found the mole and he just laughed at the idea of advising God. The bee, however, hid in a flower and overheard the...
"God made Heaven, and then, after measuring the space underneath with a ball of thread, he began to form the earth. A mole asked to help, and God gave...
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121,95 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion
ISBN: 9783030243470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 2564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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3891,26 zł |
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Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780195119572 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning.
Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to... What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective appr...
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97,34 zł |
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Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero
ISBN: 9780195121537 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning.
Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to... What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective appr...
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245,04 zł |
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A Dictionary of Asian Mythology
ISBN: 9780195120530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Meet the supreme Gautama Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesa, and Chang O--the Lunar Toad who is Chinese goddess of the Moon. Journey to the sacred Cambodian ruins of Angkor and golden Mount Meru, home of the Hindu gods. Discover myths like the Stone and the Banana of Indonesian origin and the Indian Churning of the Ocean of Milk, and explore archetypal themes such as the hero quest, sacrifice, and descent to the underworld. Myth expert David Leeming plumbs the exotic depths of Eastern spirituality to present a vivid portrait of the many mythologies of the Asian continent. In handy A...
Meet the supreme Gautama Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesa, and Chang O--the Lunar Toad who is Chinese goddess of the Moon. Journey to the ...
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87,49 zł |
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James Baldwin a Soul on Fire a Short Play by Howard B. Simon
ISBN: 9780615583273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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91,07 zł |
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The Handy Mythology Answer Book
ISBN: 9781578594757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Stories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient, every culture has its myths. Mythology forms our understanding of our origin, history, and traditions. They tell of our heroes and deities. Myths are vehicles for understanding religion, for learning language, and for understanding society, but they can often be difficult to understand and confusing. The Handy Mythology Answer Book examines and explains, in plain English, numerous myths and mythology.
From the ancient Greek and Roman to... Stories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient, every culture...
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216,60 zł |
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