Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 1st November 1988
Leather / fine binding
Published: 9th September 2014
Paperback
Published: 25th September 1998
Paperback
Published: 12th June 2014
Bulfinch's Mythology
By (Author) Thomas Bulfinch
Introduction by Stephanie Lynn Budin
Canterbury Classics
Canterbury Classics
9th September 2014
9th September 2014
United States
General
Fiction
398.2
Leather / fine binding
704
Width 159mm, Height 235mm, Spine 41mm
1032g
Legendary tales of myth and romance written so everyone can enjoy the stories!
Cant keep all your gods and goddesses straight Wondering about mythological references in classic literature Bulfinchs Mythology offers approachable accounts of ancient legends in a compilation of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, banker and Latinist. This volume includes all three of Bulfinchs original titles: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and The Legends of Charlemagne. Bulfinch states his purpose for the book clearly: Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature...who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation. This compilation was widely used as the authoritative text on mythology in schools for over a century.
Thomas Bulfinch was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts. University of Pennsylvania: M.A., Ph.D. Graduate Group in Ancient History. Dissertation Title: The Origins of Aphrodite. 19912000