Mouton, Deborah D. E. E. P.

Summary: "Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to--true ones of course--but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 2023

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Chang, Kristin

Summary: "One evening, Ma tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body, named Hu Gu Po. She hungered to eat children, especially their toes. Soon afterwards, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother; a visiting aunt leaves red on everything she touches; another aunt arrives with eels...

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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020

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Puglionesi, Alicia

Summary: "In this examination of landscape and memory, four sites of American history are revealed as places where historical truth was written over by oppressive fiction-with profound repercussions for politics past and present. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They present a national identity based on harvesting the treasures that lay in wait for European...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022

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Clayton, Sally Pomme

Summary: "The mighty goddess reimagines myths in poetic language, putting the goddess at the centre of the narrative, exploring the many ways in which goddesses are represented."--Page [4] of cover.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2023

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Campbell, Joseph

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Publisher / Publication Date: Element Books 1999

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Shippey, Tom.

Summary: "The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J. R. R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003

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Armstrong, Karen

Summary: Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2005

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Campbell, Joseph

Summary: A collection of conversations, interviews, speeches, and book quotes that provide insight into the thinking of philosopher and writer Joseph Campbell.

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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2003

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Slotkin, Richard

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1985

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Brisson, Luc.

Summary: The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and telling stories, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of Plato the Myth Maker, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted description of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999

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Eliot, Alexander.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 1993

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Vogler, Christopher

Summary: This edition of the well-known text on the connection between mythology and storytelling contains a revised chapter on the Star Wars series, new illustrations and diagrams, and new chapters (presented in the appendices) on life force operating in stories, the mechanism of polarity in storytelling, the wisdom of the body, catharsis, and other concepts. The book is meant for all types of writers...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Wiese Productions 2007

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Bailie, Gil.

Summary: Shows how the system of sacred violence at the heart of the conventional culture is being undermined by the bibical tradition, especially the Gospel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Pub. 1997

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Birzer, Bradley J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: ISI Books 2002

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Summary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010

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Campbell, Joseph

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1990

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Eatwell, Piu Marie.

Summary: Examines the accuracy and falsehood of beliefs English-speakers hold about France and the French in such areas as food, women, sex, sanitation, manners, history, culture, the city of Paris, vacations, and foreign relations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2014

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Summary: Theologians, psychologists, academics, feminists, and fantasists offer humor, insight, and fresh perspectives on the enchanting and beloved Chronicles of Narnia series. Such contributors as fantasists Sarah Zettel and Lawrence Watt-Evans, children's literature scholar Naomi Wood, and C. S. Lewis scholars Colin Duriez and Joseph Pearce discuss topics such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Middle Earth's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Benbella Books 2005

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Campbell, Joseph

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1997

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Campbell, Joseph

Summary: Publisher description: The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1988

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Kaplan, Matt

Summary: "From the author of The Science of Monsters, this engaging scientific inquiry provides a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical object--from the philosopher's stone, to love potions to the oracles--from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015

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Leeming, David Adams

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1992

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Levinovitz, Alan

Summary: "The widespread confusion of Nature with God and "natural" with holy has far-reaching negative consequences, from misinformation about everyday food and health choices to mistaken justifications of sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020

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