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réf. 37405 — Turnhout Brepols 2012. Hardback approx. X262 p. 5 b/w ill. 9 b/w line art 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503542188. What are myths Are there 'correct' and 'incorrect' versions And where do they come from These and many other related questions are addressed in Writing Down the Myths a collection of critical studies of the contents of some of the most famous mythographic works from ancient classical medieval and modern times and of the methods motivations and ideological implications underlying these literary records of myth. While there are many works on myth and mythology and on the study of this genre of traditional narrative there is little scholarship to date on the venerable activity of actually writing down the myths mythography attested throughout history from the cultures of the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean to those of the modern world. By assembling studies of the major literary traditions and texts through a variety of critical approaches this collection poses - and seeks to answer -key questions such as these: how do the composers of mythographic texts choose their material and present them; what are the diverse reasons for preserving stories of mythological import and creating these mythographic vessels; how do the agenda and criteria of pre-modern writers still affect our popular and scholarly understanding of myth; and do mythographic texts in which myths are so to speak captured by being written down signal the rebirth or the death of mythology Languages : English. Turnhout Brepols 2012 hardcover