Description: Further DetailsTitle: MerlinCondition: NewSubtitle: Knowledge and Power through the AgesAuthor: Stephen KnightFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0801443652EAN: 9780801443657ISBN: 9780801443657Publisher: Cornell University PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Language & ReferenceRelease Date: 10/01/2009Description: Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimagined through centuries of literature and art, beginning with Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose immensely popular History of the Kings of Britain (1138) transmitted the story of Merlin to Europe at large. He covers French and German as well as Anglophone elements of the myth and brings the story up to the present with discussions of a globalized Merlin who finds his way into popular literature, film, television, and New Age philosophy. Knight argues that Merlin in all his guises represents a conflict basic to Western societies-the clash between knowledge and power. While the Merlin story varies over time, the underlying structural tension remains the same whether it takes the form of bard versus lord, magician versus monarch, scientist versus capitalist, or academic versus politician. As Knight sees it, Merlin embodies the contentious duality inherent to organized societies. In tracing the applied meanings of knowledge in a range of social contexts, Knight reveals the four main stages of the Merlin myth: Wisdom (early Celtic British), Advice (medieval European), Cleverness (early modern English), and Education (worldwide since the nineteenth century). If a wizard can be captured within the pages of a book, Knight has accomplished the feat.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 28gRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Merlin
Title: Merlin
Subtitle: Knowledge and Power through the Ages
ISBN-10: 0801443652
EAN: 9780801443657
ISBN: 9780801443657
Release Date: 10/01/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Merlin : Knowledge and Power Through the Ages
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Literary, Subjects & Themes / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Stephen Knight
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
