For the Love of Myth – New Discussion group
This is a monthly exploration into mythology hosted by author and Massasoit Community College literature, mythology, and writing professor Angelina Avedano.
For the Love of Myth will meet on the 1st Monday of each month*. Copies of each month’s selection will be made available for check-out at the Circulation Desk. May’s selection: A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong.
*Some dates rescheduled due to holidays
Free & open to all.
“Human beings have always been mythmakers.” So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the “Great Western Transformation” of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrong’s characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense—and explains why if we dismiss it, we do so at our peril.
