Charlotte F. Otten
Auteur de A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture
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Œuvres de Charlotte F. Otten
A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture (1986) — Directeur de publication — 158 exemplaires
The Book of Birth Poetry: An Eloquent and Ebullient Celebration of the Miracle of Life (1995) 23 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 268
- Popularité
- #86,166
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 14
Status updates -
5/29/2012, page 11: Slow progress only because fiction TBR pile keeps calling my name.
6/11/2012, page 53: Medical cases and diagnoses = drugs seem to be primary treatment and "cure." How common lycanthropes were in the past and how often Satan was blamed.
6/12/2012, page 336: Detailed collection of cases, reports and essays. Enjoyed Otten's summaries at the beginning of each section. Particularly interesting were Section IV - Critical Essays and Section V - Myths and Legends. Would like to buy a copy of this one.
6/12/2012, page 337: If I could break out my highlighter here's one I would:
"As a long line of thinkers from Aristotle to Sir Philip Sidney have observed, history is tied 'to the particular truth of things, and not to the general reason of things' (Sidney, The Defence of Poesie). Because myth transcends historical events, it can give penetrating insights into all human life... (p. 225)."… (plus d'informations)