Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Legends of Charlemagne, The Age of Chivalry

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Thomas Bulfinch

Bulfinch's Mythology

The Age of Fable, The Legends of Charlemagne, The Age of Chivalry

Thomas Bulfinch

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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
01 November 1988

Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends

For almost 150 years, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales from classical antiquity, the Norse and Asian traditions, and the age of chivalry have been known.

Here are lively versions of the myths of Zeus, Hera, and their cohorts on Mt. Olympus; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the tales of the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; the adventures of King Arthur and his knights; and the sagas of Beowulf and Robin Hood.

As Thomas Bulfinch himself wrote, ""Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated."" With stories that are eminently readable, Bulfinch's Mythology gives us just that knowledge.

By: Thomas Bulfinch
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9780440308454
ISBN 10: 0440308453
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 November 1988
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) was an American writer, Latinist, and banker who wrote and collected the first popular English-language retellings of Greek, Roman, Eastern, Scandinavian, Arthurian, and medieval myths in his famous three-volume compilation, Bulfinch's Mythology. Without a knowledge of mythology, he wrote, much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood or appreciated. He added: We trust our young readers will find it a source of entertainment, and his trust seems to have been justified, judging from the many generations who have found his books an enthralling and loving introduction to the worlds of classical and medieval myth and legend.

Reviews for Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Legends of Charlemagne, The Age of Chivalry

Volume 2 of the book by Birendra Bahadur fills -- like already vol. 1 -- a gap in liquid crystal literature in that it reviews the multitude and rapidly expanding applications of liquid crystals in a concise and interesting way. The list of references attached to each of the very diverse chapters makes it a useful tool for experts in individual LC-fields as well as for students and educated laymen who attempt to get an overview over the immensely broad field of liquid crystals and their applications. To find in one and the same volume LC-display-related chapters as well as chapters on LC-art and biological LC-systems is fascinating. M Schadt Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals Letters Section, 1991