The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth
This volume presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous. An introduction by the editor provides an...
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| description | This volume presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous. An introduction by the editor provides an overview of monster theory as applied throughout the book. The four parts of the Handbook bring together original studies of individual monsters, tales of monstrous peoples and animals from folklore and ethnography, interpretations of classical monsters from multiple perspectives, and the reception of these monsters across time and space. Aside from informing us about how ancient peoples perceived their environment and interacted with it, the monsters of classical myth constantly provide us with examples for new approaches to ancient material. Readers will find famously familiar monsters not only in their original contexts of two and three thousand years ago, but also in relation to their relevance for the modern world. This Handbook is the first large-scale, inclusive guide to monsters in antiquity, their places in literature and art across the millennia, and their influence on later literature and thought. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1607912025-05-29T05:50:17Z The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth Felton, Debbie myth, mythology, monsters, monster theory, ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, classical reception, cultural relativity thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval This volume presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures from myths of the long-ago Near East and Mediterranean world, featuring authoritative contributions by many of the top international experts on ancient monsters and the monstrous. An introduction by the editor provides an overview of monster theory as applied throughout the book. The four parts of the Handbook bring together original studies of individual monsters, tales of monstrous peoples and animals from folklore and ethnography, interpretations of classical monsters from multiple perspectives, and the reception of these monsters across time and space. Aside from informing us about how ancient peoples perceived their environment and interacted with it, the monsters of classical myth constantly provide us with examples for new approaches to ancient material. Readers will find famously familiar monsters not only in their original contexts of two and three thousand years ago, but also in relation to their relevance for the modern world. This Handbook is the first large-scale, inclusive guide to monsters in antiquity, their places in literature and art across the millennia, and their influence on later literature and thought. 2025-05-29T05:50:17Z 2025-05-29T05:50:17Z 2025-05-28T10:30:41Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102986 9780191918940 9780192896506 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160791 eng Oxford Handbooks open access Oxford University Press 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192896506.001.0001 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192896506.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Chapter 37 Classical Monsters in Children’s and Young Adult Literature 537dc91a-1e15-46fc-bce8-908f81960dc5 9780191918940 9780192896506 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | myth, mythology, monsters, monster theory, ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, classical reception, cultural relativity thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth |
| title | The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth |
| title_full | The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth |
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| title_short | The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth |
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| topic | myth, mythology, monsters, monster theory, ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, classical reception, cultural relativity thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
| topic_facet | myth, mythology, monsters, monster theory, ancient Mediterranean, ancient Near East, classical reception, cultural relativity thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
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