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avg rating 3.94
num ratings 401
date pub 1977
date pub edition 1978
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Elfin anthropology. Really enjoyed this, but didn't finish it. Will return eventually.
Elfin anthropology. Really enjoyed this, but didn't finish it. Will return eventually.
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isbn13 9789390093021
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avg rating 4.28
num ratings 165,809
date pub Dec 20, 1812
date pub edition Sep 01, 2020
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isbn13 9780762404131
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num pages
56
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avg rating 4.09
num ratings 112
date pub Aug 27, 1999
date pub edition Aug 27, 1999
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isbn13 9781624666759
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num pages
308
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avg rating 4.00
num ratings 37
date pub Nov 30, 2001
date pub edition Mar 01, 2018
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cover title author isbn 0691211183
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num pages
420
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avg rating 3.48
num ratings 163
date pub Jul 26, 2022
date pub edition Jul 26, 2022
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isbn13 9780261102750
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num pages
474
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avg rating 3.95
num ratings 6,038
date pub 1982
date pub edition 2005
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Appreciated not just the etymologies but how Tolkien fit them into his writing. Made me want to re-read LOTR and Beowulf. I suspect Tolkien owes more
Appreciated not just the etymologies but how Tolkien fit them into his writing. Made me want to re-read LOTR and Beowulf. I suspect Tolkien owes more to Ariosto than either he or this book acknowledge.
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isbn13 9780805241136
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num pages
920
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avg rating 4.47
num ratings 153
date pub Nov 10, 1992
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num pages
112
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avg rating 3.73
num ratings 3,353
date pub -467
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isbn13 9781137585202
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num pages
539
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avg rating 4.27
num ratings 15
date pub unknown
date pub edition Nov 23, 2017
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num pages
264
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avg rating 4.73
num ratings 11
date pub unknown
date pub edition Jan 10, 2023
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isbn13 9780374223014
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num pages
435
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 254
date pub 1998
date pub edition Feb 16, 1999
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An overlong survey of all things ogrish. The material she draws from is overwhelming, from ancient myth through to Freud and the Brothers Grimm, then
An overlong survey of all things ogrish. The material she draws from is overwhelming, from ancient myth through to Freud and the Brothers Grimm, then postmodern art and Disney toy packaging and newspaper comic strips. She's clearly very erudite and pulls from sources I'd never have known about, but like I said the effect is overwhelming, because she mixes it in with stuff you already know and ephemera (the Disney toy packaging) that you just don't care about, and treats it all equally. There's no real thesis or argument or design to the book. It's just a scrapbook of all the cool ogre facts and mythological cannibalism she's come across. Possibly useful as a reference but very frustrating to read. I realized the book was published in 1998, which is really the last time you could get away with publishing something like this. Mythological miscellany is one of the base layers of the internet, as far as I'm concerned, and so there has to be some sort of value-add to compile it into a book. Marina Warner's columns are always such a treat when they show up in the New York or London Review of Books, so maybe I'll give some of her more recent work a shot.
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num pages
398
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avg rating 5.00
num ratings 1
date pub Jan 01, 2006
date pub edition Aug 03, 2006
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isbn13 9781843844693
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num pages
486
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avg rating 4.00
num ratings 6
date pub unknown
date pub edition Jun 16, 2017
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isbn13 9781594657269
asin B01KXP3FK8
num pages
57
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avg rating 3.36
num ratings 340
date pub 1999
date pub edition Jan 25, 2022
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isbn13 9780691029887
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num pages
392
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avg rating 4.19
num ratings 90
date pub 1940
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num pages
432
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avg rating 0.00
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date pub Nov 01, 2002
date pub edition Dec 31, 1997
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num pages
192
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avg rating 3.95
num ratings 239
date pub Sep 24, 2019
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isbn13 9783615000337
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num pages
162
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avg rating 3.75
num ratings 56
date pub 920
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isbn13 9780812210798
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num pages
352
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avg rating 3.87
num ratings 135
date pub 785
date pub edition Feb 01, 1975
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isbn13 9780863833540
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num pages
205
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avg rating 4.21
num ratings 334
date pub 1969
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