- Manuel, Mythologie, Mythologie classique, creation myths
There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature.
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Earnest, epic, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Edith Hamilton
- First published
- 1940
- Pages
- 392
- Publisher
- Warner Books, Dervy, Brand: Perfection Learning
- Editions
- 59
- Language
- French, Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780451625953
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