For over a hundred years Thomas Bulfinch's masterpiece on ancient myth and legend has been consulted by scholars and lay readers alike. The timeless stories of the gods and goddesses of Greece, Rome and Northern mythology are brought to life, and throughout the book Bulfinch shows, by extensive and resonant quotation, how these images have enormously enriched the development of English literature, from Byron to Shakespeare, from Keats and Milton to Wordsworth and Tennyson. In addition, there is a chapter on Eastern religion and myth, together with maps of the ancient world, a list of proverbial expressions, a 24-page glossary and index, and an index to the poetical quotations.
- ISBN10 1904919006
- ISBN13 9781904919001
- Publish Date 30 September 2004 (first published 5 August 1993)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 10 May 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Collector's Library
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English