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The Modern Myths
Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
Taschenbuch von Philip Ball
Sprache: Englisch

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"Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time--fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them--and still living them--today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called "modern myths." But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth?"--back cover
"Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time--fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them--and still living them--today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called "modern myths." But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth?"--back cover
Über den Autor
Philip Ball is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture, including H2O: A Biography of Water and The Music Instinct. His book Critical Mass won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also the 2022 recipient of the Royal Society's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for contributions to the history, philosophy, or social roles of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol, and he was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He lives in London.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226823843
ISBN-10: 0226823849
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ball, Philip
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 229 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Philip Ball
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,604 kg
preigu-id: 121359754
Über den Autor
Philip Ball is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture, including H2O: A Biography of Water and The Music Instinct. His book Critical Mass won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also the 2022 recipient of the Royal Society's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for contributions to the history, philosophy, or social roles of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol, and he was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He lives in London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226823843
ISBN-10: 0226823849
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ball, Philip
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 229 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Philip Ball
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,604 kg
preigu-id: 121359754
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