Writing Down the Myths

Download or read book Writing Down the Myths written by Joseph Falaky Nagy and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are myths? Are there 'correct' and 'incorrect' versions? And where do they come from? These and many other related questions are addressed in this book, a collection of critical studies of the contents of some of the most famous mythographic works from ancient, classical, medieval, and modern times, and of the methods, motivations, and ideological implications underlying these literary records of myth.