Transformative Change in Western Thought

A History of Metamorphosis from Homer to Hollywood. Edited by Ingo Gildenhard and Andrew Zissos.

This book focuses on how metamorphosis figures in three formative configurations in the Western tradition: the classical, the biblical, and the scientific. It brings the history of transformative change from the eighteenth century to the present. A general introduction and three historical surveys are combined with twelve case studies to show the malleable, yet persistent, presence of metamorphosis throughout Western cultural history, from Homer and Ovid to Shakespeare, Proust and H. P. Lovecraft, and through figures such as Proteus, The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), Kafka’s Insect and The Fly. XV,522 Seiten mit Abb., gebunden (Legenda 2013) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben/clean text pages, minor traces of use, slightly rubbed