Utter antiquity : perceptions of prehistory in Renaissance England / Arthur B. Ferguson
1993, 1st edition. Durham : Duke University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #388079
ISBN: 0822312751
Physical description; 168 pp., 24 cm. Contents; 1. Euhemerism: The Medieval Tradition -- 2. A Mind Divided -- 3. The Age of Myth -- 4. A Secular Alternative -- 5. The British History: The Problem of Legend -- 6. A Digression on Giants -- 7. "Poesie Historical" -- Conclusion and a Glance Ahead. Subjects; Anthropology, Prehistoric England History. Renaissance England. Legends History and criticism. Mythology. Prehistoric Historiography Great Britain.
Price: €21.95