{"product_id":"bulfinchs-mythology-the-age-of-fable-9781492114031","title":"Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. E. Hale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, named after him and published after his death. The work was a highly successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers. Carl J. Richard comments that it was \"one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century\", until the release of classicist Edith Hamilton's 1942 Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes . The book is a prose recounting of myths and stories from three eras: Greek and Roman mythology, King Arthur legends, and medieval romances. The stories are interspersed with his own commentary and with quotations from the writings of Bulfinch's contemporaries which contain a reference to the story under discussion. This combination of classical elements and modern literature was novel for his time\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45497463996567,"sku":"9781492114031","price":1715.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781492114031.webp?v=1767448155","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bulfinchs-mythology-the-age-of-fable-9781492114031","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}