The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth; situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history; myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece; offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling; it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The pride of Polish aeronautical science...By Jim DavisFor the 100th volume in their Monografie Lotnicze (Aircraft Monograph) series Polish publisher AJ Press decided to go all out with a 476 page laminated hardcover high production value book on the pride of Poland's prewar aircraft industry; the PZL.37 Los (Elk).The book is outstanding - one gets the impression that turning a profit on this book was not the highest priority of the publisher. One also gets the impression that virtually every scrap of surviving information about the Los is in this book.All that said this *is* an expensive book usually retailing for over $US 100. I picked up mine for about half that during a sale by an online retailer. It pays to shop around and try to find sales and/or coupons!The second reservation for non Polish speakers is language. The book is written in Polish but all photos; drawings; and artwork are also captioned in English. In addition there is a 40 page pamphlet insert in English which summarizes the text in excellent fashion. Just don't ignore the main book while you're reading the summary - the maps are indispensable for making sense of the service histories in Polish and Romanian service. And if you buy a second hand copy make sure the summary is included!In short; English speakers should not come away with the impression that they've bought a book for a lot of money that they can't read - I didn't. This isn't a book for the casually interested - this is a book for the rivet counters. One gets the feeling that AJ Press was trying to do something special for its loyal Polish readers without leaving out its non Polish clientele. If so; they've succeeded admirably.
