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Bezig met laden... Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry (1858)door Thomas Bulfinch
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. In the second volume of Bulfinch’s mythology, he covers the mythology of the British Isles. The first section is on the English legends of King Arthur. The second section is on the Welsh legends of King Arthur. The third section is a hodgepodge of other myths, including Robin Hood and several legendary knights. I’ve read a lot of Arthurian legends, and while Bulfinch added a few bits of information that I hadn’t seen before, it wasn’t enough to really make it worth reading for me. The Welsh aspect was interesting as was the introduction, but neither was as in depth as the Arthurian section. By the time I got to the end with page after page of descriptions of battles, I was bored out of my mind. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Fiction.
Folklore.
HTML: American writer Thomas Bulfinch was one of the most important scholars of world mythology. His nineteenth-century collections of folk literature from Europe and ancient Greece remain some of the most influential works in this field. The collection The Age of Chivalry focuses on romantic, action-packed tales from the King Arthur era. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.2Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literatureLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The book as a whole could have done with some improvement in terms of their maps - there were a few times when I found myself wanting a quick reference between medieval places names and modern locales, and the few maps that were included had backwards colouring (blue land, white ocean) - but the rest of the visual material worked quite well, I thought. Photos were matched carefully to the main text and included their own captions to further explain topics, and the painted images added a lot of much-needed visual stimulation. Most books on this topic tend to use live recreations, but I find that concept a bit trite, since obviously we don’t have photos from the Middle Ages and trying to recreate scenes just looks like glorified cosplay - which is great, but has no place in non-fiction books. ( )