Norman O. Brown creates a three-way conversation, the participants being himself, Giambattista Vico - the Italian philosopher who wrote The New Science - and the James Joyce of Finnegan's Wake. ...Closing Time is more than an effort to penetrate the great minds of Vico and Joyce; it is a profound and original continuation of their own dialogue.

Closing Time

Brown, Norman Oliver

Random House, Inc.

Hermes is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology―trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer. Shepherd, artisan, herald, musician, athlete, merchant―who is this tricky shape-shifter, confronting us at every turn? In this classic, prescient work (first published in 1947 and foreshadowing all subsequent work greeting the return of the gods), Brown asks: Is Hermes the Thief the prototype from which, by extension and analogy, the Trickster was derived? Alternatively, is the notion of trickery the fundamental idea and theft merely a specific manifestation of it? This thoughtful study will be of interest to anyone wishing a fresh view of an important, often misunderstood, character of Greek mythology.

Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth

Biographies & Memoirs

Lindisfarne Pr

Hermes is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology―trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer. Shepherd, artisan, herald, musician, athlete, merchant―who is this tricky shape-shifter, confronting us at every turn?  In this classic, prescient work (first published in 1947 and foreshadowing all subsequent work greeting the return of the gods), Brown asks: Is Hermes the Thief the prototype from which, by extension and analogy, the Trickster was derived? Alternatively, is the notion of trickery the fundamental idea and theft merely a specific manifestation of it?  This thoughtful study will be of interest to anyone wishing a fresh view of an important, often misunderstood, character of Greek mythology.

Hermes The Thief: The Evolution Of A Myth

Teen & Young Adult

Literary Licensing, LLC

Hermes - trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of steady action, master of magic words, seducer and whisper - is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology. Who is this tricky shapechanger? A classic, prescient work dealing with myth and cult which traces the evolution of Hermes from sacred stoneheap and phallus to Homeric Hymn to Hermes and the Hesiodic poems.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

El cuerpo del amor

Planeta-Agostini

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Closing Time

Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth

Hermes The Thief: The Evolution Of A Myth

Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth

El cuerpo del amor