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Integrating original texts with explanations, interpretations, and theory, the best selling Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths, Fifth Edition, introduces students to a wide range of myths drawn from sources all around the world and approached from various critical and contemporary perspectives.

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9780197671313

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Introduction to Mythology is a first-class textbook. I have looked around at many other texts and there are very few with the breadth and depth of this book. * Marjorie Berman, Red Rocks Community College * This is an excellent guide to world mythology for both students and teachers. It is especially helpful to a teacher trying to cover a lot of global ground in a comprehensive mythology course. Few would have the expertise commanded by the two authors to cover everything from Native American through African through contemporary film myths. * Micaela Janan, Duke University * I've taught world mythology for twenty-five years, using a variety of texts over that time, and the Thury and Devinney textbook is by far the best and most valuable resource on the market. I have been using it since the first edition and haven't yet seen a superior work. * Marvin D. L. Lansverk, Montana State University * Introduction to Mythology covers mythology and also introduces the notion of myth in contemporary narrative form, all the while offering a coherent analytical group of ideas to explain why these themes we find in mythology are still in our narratives today. And it does so in one book. It is the only book I know of that takes such a comprehensive approach to the subject. * Bob G. Warren, Valencia College *

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Eva M. Thury is Associate Professor of English at Drexel University. Margaret K. Devinney is Associate Professor Emerita of German at Temple University.

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