Description
| Product ID: | 9781786786470 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Life Fantastic |
| Subtitle: | Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture |
| Authors: | Author: Noa Menhaim |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A witty and magical collection of essays that investigates western culture through the broadest spectrum of literature, media and popular phenomenon. Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today. These mind-blowing essays dig down to the roots of stories, myths and literary genres, travelling from art to politics to history to folklore, and from high to popular culture and back again. Through an intricate web of sidenotes, embark on a voyage of discovery from the unluckiest book ever made to Viking horned helmets to the sex life of vampires …. or from mermaids frolicking in the margins to the ancient Amazons to the power of Amazon and on to Utopia and Atlantis … This is western culture as you’ve never seen it before. |
| Imprint Name: | Watkins Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-12 |
