The Lessons of Nature in Mythology

Author:   Rachel S. McCoppin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476662008


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 October 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
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The Lessons of Nature in Mythology


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Author:   Rachel S. McCoppin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781476662008


ISBN 10:   1476662002
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 October 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Land Is the Myth 1. Emerging from the Earth 2. The Earth Goddess, the Male Seed and the Harvest 3. Divine Nature 4. Untamed Nature and the Unfettered Human 5. Trees of Knowledge and Botanical Metamorphosis 6. The Seasonal Life Cycle and Myths of Destruction Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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McCoppin has written a lucid and accessible examination of the role of nature in the overt and implied contexts of world mythologies...an admirable job of comparing and contrasting themes across a wide range of mythologies...recomended --<i>Choice</i>.


McCoppin has written a lucid and accessible examination of the role of nature in the overt and implied contexts of world mythologies...an admirable job of comparing and contrasting themes across a wide range of mythologies...recomended --Choice.


"""McCoppin has written a lucid and accessible examination of the role of nature in the overt and implied contexts of world mythologies...an admirable job of comparing and contrasting themes across a wide range of mythologies...recomended""--Choice."


Author Information

Rachel S. McCoppin is a professor of literature at the University of Minnesota Crookston. She has published in the areas of mythology, comparative literature, and multicultural pedagogy in scholarly books and journals.

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