Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism
by Stephens, Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.)
- ISBN 10
- 0803238738
- ISBN 13
- 9780803238732
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About This Item
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). White cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; green dj with blue illustration, blue and white lettering, mylar cover; xii, 456 pp/ bw frontispiece. Contents: Giants and the representation of culture : the modern myth of Rabelais's folklore -- In Diebus Illis : giants, history and theology -- Annius of Viterbo, the flood, and a new universal history -- Jean Lemaire de Belges and Gallic patriotism -- Rabelais's two gigantologies -- Pantagruel and the humanist depiction of patriotic sophistry -- Giants, authority, and the afterlife of Alcofrybas. Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 185550
- Title
- Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism
- Author
- Stephens, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0803238738
- ISBN 13
- 9780803238732
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old ; Folklore ; ;
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