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Bulfinch's Mythology, All Volumes: Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, the Boy Inventor, Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages, Poetry

by Thomas Bulfinch

2019-01-16 20:47:25

Thomas Bulfinch's compendium of Greek, Norse and Anglo-Saxon myths and legends offers superb insight into the origins, themes and contexts of ancient stories. This edition unites all volumes into a single, overarching text perfect for referencing, an ... Read more
Thomas Bulfinch's compendium of Greek, Norse and Anglo-Saxon myths and legends offers superb insight into the origins, themes and contexts of ancient stories. This edition unites all volumes into a single, overarching text perfect for referencing, and inclusive of a lengthy, comprehensive glossary. Bulfinch's Mythology is a crucial text for enthusiasts of ancient myths and lore, as well as students and teachers of classics or ancient literature. It offers a well-researched, literate and comprehensive narration upon legends both renowned and obscure, with insight into the cultures and societies which birthed these stories plentiful. A large portion of this work concerns the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. All the famous characters of Arthurian lore are present; Lancelot, Merlin, Queen Guinevere (Guenever), Tristham and Isolde, Percival and others make their due appearance. Less

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File size378.262 KB
Print pages580
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2011-08-03
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781387890200
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Thomas Bulfinch
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Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 – May 27, 1867[1]) was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts, best known for the book Bulfinch's Mythology.Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated merchant fam...

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