by John Fiske · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781859582022
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Myths and Myth Makers» is John Fiske's essay on mythology, published by Random House / Senate in paperback (256 pages, in English).
John Fiske analyzes how myths arise and are transformed, and the role played by those who created and disseminated them. The journey includes popular beliefs such as werewolves, swan maidens and the world of ghosts, showing how these tales reflect the worldview of the societies that preserved them.
The ISBN-10 is 1859582028; the paperback edition was published on August 30, 1996, with text in English.
For readers interested in mythology and folklore who want to learn about the origin of traditional legends and creatures.
John Fiske was an American philosopher and historian. He was heavily influenced by Herbert Spencer and applied Spencer's concepts of evolution to his own writings on linguistics, philosophy, religion, and history.
