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Books : Bulfinch's Mythology - Deluxe Edition

by: Thomas Bulfinch

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN: 9780517226889
ISBN: 051722688X
Label: Gramercy
Manufacturer: Gramercy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1040
Publication Date: November 01, 2005
Publisher: Gramercy
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 94065
Studio: Gramercy

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Nice looking book
Great if your looking for "the" book on mythology. This edition looks really nice, although the binding could be better. Great for the price though.

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- Wonderful Classic on the Classics
Myths represent everything that's magical and unlikely - and yet we cannot but admire their underlying wisdom. Ever since they sprung up, man has delighted in analyzing, telling and retelling these stories, which we now see as an inextricable part of our civilization. However, and maybe because it so-well mirrors our own nature, mythology is as self-contradictory as it is timeless. Not surprisingly, those contradictions have turned the subject into another academic battleground. This could be the reason why Bullfinch's version of the myths stills stands out a century and a half after it was written: amidst a sea of dry scholarly works, it is easily the most charming and inviting compendium of mythology available.

Thomas Bulfinch, an art-loving bank clerk, had a very clear purpose when he started to write his books: he simply set out to supply the general reader with an approachable, enticing account of those ancient fables that were so often quoted or alluded to in literature. This approach ended up being very convenient. On the one hand, it gave him the freedom to purge whatever he thought to be in disagreement with "good taste", since he claimed such things were alien to "elegant literature". On the other hand, he could trim his sources down to Ovid and Virgil, who were the ones most English writers read in the first place. Because of such limitations, it may seem easy to dismiss his work as biased, quaint and incomplete; yet, time has turned what once was a book ... Read More

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- A bargain at twice the price
Very nice volume, rare to see gilt page edges these days.
A valuable addition to my collection

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