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Northrop Frye & Jay Macpherson, "Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture"

In the 1970s and 80s, Northrop Frye and Jay Macpherson co-taught a very influential course at the University of Toronto's Victoria College on the history of Western mythology—Frye focusing on the biblical myths; Macpherson on the classical. Biblical and Classical Myths recreates the thought behind that course, with Frye's lectures—unpublished until very recently—supplemented by Macpherson's popular 1962 textbook on classical mythology, Four Ages: The Classical Myths.

Frye's lectures on the Bible make up the first half of the book. He expounds on an array of topics, including translations of the bible, sexual imagery, pastoral and agricultural imagery, and law and revolution in the bible. Four Ages makes up the second half. Macpherson narrates the major classical myths from stories of creation to the myths' survival in later European traditions.

By complementing the biblical tradition with the classical, this volume imparts a comprehensive understanding of western mythology. With a preface by Alvin Lee, general editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye, Biblical and Classical Myths is an essential volume and represents a unique achievement in scholarship.

Contents

& 8220;Preface to the Combined Edition

Abbreviations

Symbolism In The Bible

 Foreword

 1 An Approach to the Bible and Translations of the Bible

 2 The Shape of the Bible

 3 Images of Paradise: Trees and Water

 4 Parody and Manifest Demonic: Trees and Water

 5 Sexual Imagery: The Bride and the Bridegroom; The Great Whore and the Forgiven Harlot

 6 Pastoral and Agricultural Imagery

 7 The World of Angels; Leviathan, Dragons, and the Antichrist

 8 Demonic Parodies and the Hero from across the

 9 The Double Mirror: Exodus and Gospel

 10 The Metaphor of Kingship

 11 King, Priest, and Prophet

 12 The Question of Primogeniture

 13 Genesis: In the Beginning

 14 Genesis: Creating the Sexes; Exodus: A Revolutionary Heritage

 15 Law: Ordering a Society

 16 Law and Revolution; Wisdom: The Proverb

 17 Wisdom: Playing before God; Ecclesiastes: Vanity of Vanities

 18 Job: A Test

 19 Job and the Question of Tragedy

 20 Job and Restored Humanity

 21 The Language of Proclamation: Style and Rhythm in the Bible; The Gospel: Rewriting the Commandments

 22 Revelation: Removing the Veil

 23 Revelation: After the Ego Disappears

 24 The Language of Love

 Maps

 Note on the Illustrations

 Notes

 The Bible and Further Readings

Four Ages: The Classical Myths

 Foreword

 Introduction

 1 In The Beginning

  The Creation

  The Golden Age

  War in Heaven

  The Reign of Zeus

  Prometheus

  Pandora's Box

  Deucalion's Flood

  Phaëthon

 2 Spring and Winter

  Demeter and Persephone

  Adonis

  Hyacinthus

  Narcissus

  Orpheus

 3 Loves of the Gods and Metamorphoses

  Loves of Zeus: Callisto, Io

  Pan and Syrinx

  Apollo and Daphne

  Clytie

  Endymion

  Arachne

  Procne and Philomela

  Midas' Touch

  Ceyx and Alcyone

  Nisus and Scylla

  Philemon and Baucis

 4 The Heroes

  Perseus

  The Labours of Heracles

  Jason and the Golden Fleece

  Bellerophon and Pegasus

  Theseus

 5 The Royal House of Thebes

  The Children of Agenor

  Zeus and Semele

  Ino and Athamas

  Pentheus

  Actaeon

  Oedipus

 6 The Tale of Troy

  The Apple of Discord

  The War

  The Fall of the City

  The Returns

   The Return of Menelaus

   The Return of Agamemnon

   The Return of Aeneas

   The Return of Odysseus

 7 Cupid and Psyche

 8 Conclusion: The Passing and Afterlife of the Gods

 Family Trees

  Family Tree of the Olympians

  Family Tree of the Royal House of Thebes

 Mythology–History Chart

 Maps

  The Greek World

  The Mediterranean World

 Sources of Quotations

 Note on the Illustrations

 Note on Classical Names

 Notes

 Suggestions for Further Reading

Biblical Indexes

Index of Classical Mythology& 8221;

Tags: Mythology, Literature, LiteraryCriticism

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Jenny March, "Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology"

Mark P. O. Morford & Robert J. Lenardon, "Classical Mythology (7th Edition)" The most in-depth coverage.

Kevin Osborn & Dana L. Burgess, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Mythology (2nd Edition)"

Pierre Grimal, "The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology" The best reference.

Lesley Bolton, "The Everything Classical Mythology Book"

Joseph Campbell, "The Hero With A Thousand Faces (Commemorative Edition)"

Paul Barber, "Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality"

Maria Tatar, "The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales"

Maria Tatar, "The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Edition)"

Jack Zipes, "The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales"

Alan Lupack, "The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend"

Wayne C. Booth, "The Rhetoric of Fiction (2nd Edition)"

Christopher Vogler, "The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers"

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