A handbook to the reception of classical mythology /

"A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day. Reveals the importance of mythography to the survival, dissemination, and populariz...

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Other Authors: Zajko, Vanda (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017.
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505 0 |a Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Mythography; Chapter 1 Greek Mythography; Beginnings and Classical Mythography; Post-classical Mythography ; Closing Thoughts; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 2 Roman Mythography; Introduction; Surviving Texts; A Case Study: The Mythographic Midas; From Narrative to Interpretation: Fulgentius; Afterlife; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 3 Myth and the Medieval Church; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 4 The Renaissance Mythographers; Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). 
505 8 |a Ludovicus Caelius Rhodiginus (1453-1525), Alexandro ab Alexandro (1463-1525)Georgius Pictor (1500-1569); Montifalchius; Julianus Aurelius Havrech; Lilio Gregorio Giraldi (1479-1552); Vincenzo Cartari (1502?-1570?); Natale Conti; François Pomey (1618-1673); The Occult Tradition; Conceptions of Myth in the Renaissance Mythographers; Translations; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 5 Bulfinch and Graves: Modern Mythography as Literary Reception; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 6 Myth Collections for Children; Guide to Further Reading; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 7 Contemporary Mythography: In the Time of Ancient Gods, Warlords, and KingsIntroduction; Echo; Popular Culture and/as Myth; Myth Only Produces More Myth; This is Going to Make a Great Story; Conclusion; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Primary sources; Film; Novels; Videogame; TV shows; Fanfiction; Comics and graphic novels; Secondary sources; Part II Approaches and Themes; Chapter 8 Circean Enchantments and the Transformations of Allegory; Double Vision; Corrective Lenses; Prisms; Scattered Beams; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 9 The Comparative ApproachThe Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Smith, Frazer, Harrison; The Aftermath of the Ritualists; The Eranos Set; Walter Burkert: Biological Programs and the Orientalizing Revolution; Looking for Difference: Smith, Lincoln, and Doniger; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 10 Revisionism; Notes; Chapter 11 Alchemical Interpretations of Classical Myths; Historical Background; "Poetic Theology," "Prisca Theologia," and Renaissance Alchemy; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Survival of the Alchemical Readings of Classical Myths. 
505 8 |a An Example of the Diversity of Alchemical Exegeses of MythsThe Classical Scholarship of the Alchemists; Alchemical elaborations on classical myths; Responses of mythographs to the alchemical exegesis of myths; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 12 Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: On the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; References; Chapter 13 The Golden Age; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Appendix; Terminology; References; Chapter 14 Matriarchy and Utopia; Guide to Further Reading; References; Part III Myth, Creativity, and the Mind. 
520 |a "A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day. Reveals the importance of mythography to the survival, dissemination, and popularization of classical myth from the ancient world to the present day Features chronologically organized essays that address different sets of myths that were important in each historical era, along with their thematic relevance Features chronologically organized essays that address different sets of myths that were important in each historical era, along with their thematic relevance Offers a series of carefully selected in-depth readings, including both popular and less well-known examples."--Publisher description. 
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