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. |
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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 |
ISBN: | 9781476662015 1476662010 |
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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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