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"These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the ""vital spirit."" The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included. ""The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and élan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement.""—Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor"

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Author:   Yves Bonnefoy ,  Wendy Doniger
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 2.20cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.80cm
Weight:   0.964kg
ISBN:  

9780226064567

ISBN 10:   0226064565
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 May 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016) is recognized as the greatest French poet of the past fifty years. By the time of his death, he had published eleven major collections of poetry in verse and prose, several books of tales, and numerous studies of literature and art.

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