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A Short History of Myth (Myths series) - Karen Armstrong
A Short History of Myth (Myths series)
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ISBN: 9780307367297 (0307367290)
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Edition language: English
Series: Canongate Myths (#1)
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spocksbro
spocksbro rated it
3.0 Where have all the good myths gone?
A Short History of Myth lives up to its title but despite its brevity is well worth reading. It’s an extended introductory essay to the Canongate Myth series, several volumes of which I’ve read: Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, Jeanette Winterson’s Weight, and A.S. Byatt’s Ragnarok, respectively, r...
Clif's Book World
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3.0 A Short History of Myth
The first third of this book by Karen Armstrong overlaps much of the same material covered by Barbara J. King in her book Evolving God where she discusses the origins of religion from an anthropological point of view. (link to my review of Evolving God.) King uses the word "religion" where Armstro...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0
A rather nice overview. Armstrong tells things clearly and doesn't make the reader feel stupid. There is plently about myth connecting to religion, in particular how the age of Enlighment led to a reading of the Bible as truth, which Armstrong points out does a disservice to reliigon and myth. I ...
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