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S'està carregant… Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)de Thomas Bulfinch
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Fair/good  GoshenMAHistory | Mar 29, 2022 |  read as a child, mostly the Greek and Roman ritaer | Dec 13, 2021 | For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known. The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). Daniel464 | Sep 1, 2021 | Actual Rating: 3.75/5 stars Review Gosh, I loved reading these stories. They were fascinating and attention grabbing (and attention keeping). However, I do feel like this book could have been organized a bit better. Reason 1: despite a few rereads of the introductions for each section (of which, there were 3 due to 3 sections), it was occasionally hard to see how some of the stories fit under the section that they were placed under. Reason 2: Some of the stories were broken down into 2 parts (and in 2 cases, into 3 parts), and their corresponding chapters read like “Arthur” and “Arthur (Continued).” While combining these may have added to a chapter’s length, I feel like it would have been better to combine the chapters like these and make subheadings to differentiate sections when necessary. I’m actually giving it a 3.75 star rating because I felt like couldn’t give it a full 4 of 5 stars, and 3 stars felt too low. I did really enjoy this overall, and I do recommend it as a read. (  ) historybookreads | Jul 26, 2021 | Los estadounidenses siempre sintieron orgullo de su herencia europea, y una muestra de este legado es el caso de Tomás Bulfinch y su "mitología". El padre de Bulfinch había sido un famoso arquitecto, que diseñó parte del capitolio de Washington D. C. y el Palacio del Estado de Massachussetts en Boston. Así y todo, no eran de las familias más ricas, y Tomás encontró un empleo en el Banco de Comerciantes de Boston, que le sirvió para poder autopublicar sus obras con el dinero que ganaba. Esta "Mitología" es su obra más célebre, y en ella transcribe toda la mitología, tanto griega y latina como nórdica, arturiana o carolingia, de una manera compendiada y fácil de manejar, de modo que su texto llegó a usarse durante más de siglo y medio como obra de consulta no sólo para los legos en la materia que en algún momento necesitaran iniciarse en el tema, sino que se proveyó con ella a las instituciones de enseñanza para ser utilizada como lectura por los alumnos. De ahí que su obra llegó a ser muy influyente en la literatura americana del siglo XIX y XX, ya que muchos autores posteriores bebieron de ella. (  ) Eucalafio | Nov 14, 2020 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known. The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood. The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement." No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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