The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination 9780226774213, 2020044847

The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination 9780226774213

Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time—fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as

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Myths of Love: Echoes of Greek and Roman Mythology in the Modern Romantic Imagination 1610352114, 9781610352116

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's favorite sex therapist, analyzes ancient myth and its relevance to 21st century rela

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The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination 9781786723574

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The Machinery of the Mind

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The Etruscans in the Modern Imagination 9780228015765

How the Etruscans reappeared in Western archaeology, history, and culture nearly a thousand years after their disappeara

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The Politics of Dialogic Imagination: Power and Popular Culture in Early Modern Japan 9780226060736

InThe Politics of Dialogic Imagination, Katsuya Hirano seeks to understand why, with its seemingly unrivaled power, the

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Byzantium in the Popular Imagination 9780755607303, 9780755607280, 9780755607297

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Everybody’s Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination 9781474211390, 9781441176547, 9781441145543

The first book to investigate Jane Austen’s popular significance today, Everybody’s Jane considers why Austen matters to

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The Dictator's Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo 9780822390862

An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillos dictatorship (1930–1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican R

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Born in the U. S. A.: The Myths of America in Popular Music from Colonial Times to the Present 9781934110560

This is the first study to explore fully the myth of America as reflected in the nation's popular music. Beginning

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