Author: GREENWAY, JOHN L.
Title: The Golden Horns Mythic Imagination and the Nordic Past
Description: Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0820303844. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has 1/2" piece missing top corner of front, spine faded. Price-clipped.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 226 pages; "As an introduction to modern myth, The Golden Horns masterfully encompasses a wide circle of historical and literary materials. John Greenway first establishes the theoretical base of his discussion by examining the nature of time in Norse mythic consciousness. After suggesting several ways in which the mythic apprehension of reality conditioned medieval Icelandic narrative, he then elaborates on the dialectical relationship between myth and reason.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: 0820303844 Mythology norse MYTHOLOGY History::Ancient


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