The Invention of Tradition (Canto Classics) [Reissue ed.] 9781107604674

Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over

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The Invention of Tradition (Canto Classics) [Reissue ed.]
9781107604674

Many of the traditions which we think of as ancient in their origins were, in fact, invented comparatively recently. Thi

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The History of Rioja Wine offers an informative, chronological and in-depth account of Rioja wine from the mid-nineteent

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1. Homeric studies today: Results and prospects / Alfred Heubeck 2. the formal duels in books 3 and 7 of the Iliad / G.

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In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the

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Compares the ancient epic and the American Western as parallel cultural narratives Cowboy Classics looks at the remarka

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This volume examines the antagonism between tradition and innovation in the Middle Ages. There were lines of thought whi

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