Cultural Genealogy: An Essay on Early Modern Myth

By Raphael Falco

Book Overview

This book explores the popularization in the Renaissance of the still pervasive myth that later cultures are the hereditary descendants of ancient or older cultures. It shows how the new techne of systematic genealogy facilitated the process of "remythicizing" the ancient authorities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367175649
• ISBN13: 9780367175641
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"