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Book Description
This brilliant, readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event, The Myths. "Human beings have always been mythmakers." So begins Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth: Continue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Mything in action
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong (Canongate, £6.99) George Eliot's Casaubon, you will recall, was working on the key to all mythologies. This massive work remained uncompleted as he lay on his deathbed. What a pity he did not have this litt ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 176 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 184195800X
- ISBN-13: 9781841958002
- Publisher: Canongate U.S.
- Pub date: Oct 01, 2006
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 774 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9781841958002 | Paperback | $14.00 | $10.08 | bn.com |
| $14.00 | $9.49 | The Book Depository | ||
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Tales told
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong 208pp, Canongate, £12 Words are tricky enough. Words that hold within them huge and ancient ideas are even harder to grasp. Words that describe enigmatic ideas first expressed in carvings or cave paintings f ... (read full critics)