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Bulfinch's Mythology: Includes The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry & Legends of Charlemagne (Modern Library) (Modern Library (Paperback)) - Softcover
The justly famous "Mythology" by Thomas Bulfinch contains three volumes the major contents of which are retained in this abridgment for the student and general reader. "The Age Of Fable" -- The gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome, as well as the mythology of the Germanic tribes, England and the Near East. "The Legend Of Charlemange" -- Accounts of the reign of the first great French Emperor, his wars and conquests. "The Age Of Chivalry" -- King Arthur and his court, Lancelot and Guenever, and the death of Arthur.
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Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) was an American writer, Latinist, and banker who wrote and collected the first popular English-language retellings of Greek, Roman, Eastern, Scandinavian, Arthurian, and medieval myths in his famous three-volume compilation, Bulfinch's Mythology. "Without a knowledge of mythology," he wrote, "much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood or appreciated." He added: "We trust our young readers will find it a source of entertainment," and his trust seems to have been justified, judging from the many generations who have found his books an enthralling and loving introduction to the worlds of classical and medieval myth and legend. Alberto Manguel is an internationally acclaimed anthologist, translator, editor, and bestselling writer of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982, and now lives in France, where he has been named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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This is an unabridged edition of the greatest stories ever told - the great tales of the gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman antiquity: of Scandinavian, Celtic and Oriental fables and myths and of the ages of chivalry - making this work an invaluable guide to 19th Century culture.
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- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0375751475
- ISBN 13 9780375751479
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