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The Politics of Myth

By Stephen Knight

Book information

Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
0522868444, 9780522868449
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1339346 bytes)
Pages
327\0
Time added
2023-04-01 12:32:11

Description

In The Politics of Myth, Stephen Knight studies nine figures still vividly alive, all of them appearing in twenty-first century film and television. Analysing how they relate to the major themes of Power, Resistance and Knowledge, he shows how fact and fiction mix to help us explore and understand the complexities of our world. Surprising mythic shifts occur across time. Robin Hood can be a tough anti-authoritarian, a genial aristocrat, a Saxon patriot; Queen Elizabeth I has been seen as a Protestant heroine, a love-lorn lady, even a grumpy manipulator. From Merlin's multiple manifestations and Sherlock Holmes's smoking habits to the ongoing arguments about Ned Kelly, this book explores the richness and the range of figures of myth.

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