The hero's quest and the cycles of nature : an ecological interpretation of world mythology /

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Author / Creator:McCoppin, Rachel S., 1977- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Description:vii, 223 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10907132
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ISBN:9781476662015
1476662010
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature--a "botanical hero"--who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, sprouting into strength to face a mythic underworld. A cyclical promise of continuous life is realized, in which no element fully disappears"--

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