Myth and the Polis

Edited by Dora C. Pozzi and John M. Wickersham.

The book draws upon research in such fields such as ancient history, philology, social anthropology, ethnomusicology, comparative literature, psychoanalysis, folklore, and political theory. Taken together, the essays highlight the continuos struggle of Greek archaic and classical communities to keep their myths 'true' in spite of the pull of pan-Hellenism. IX,232 Seiten, broschiert (Myth and poetics/Cornell University Press 1991) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben, Fußschnitt minimal angeschmutzt/clean text pages, minor traces of use, slightly rubbed, bottom edge slightly soiled