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The Modern Myths

- Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
Af: Philip Ball Engelsk Paperback

The Modern Myths

- Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
Af: Philip Ball Engelsk Paperback
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With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our most important tales. 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? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.
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With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our most important tales. 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? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780226823843
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226823849
Kategori: Filmhistorie, teori & kritik
Udg. Dato: 19 okt 2022
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 227mm
Højde: 151mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 19 okt 2022
Forfatter(e): Philip Ball
Forfatter(e) Philip Ball

Kategori Filmhistorie, teori & kritik

ISBN-13 9780226823843

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 227mm

Højde 151mm

Udg. Dato 19 okt 2022

Oplagsdato 19 okt 2022

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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