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Published : November 19, 2008 |
Author : gary_varner
Category : Books | Total Views
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Gary R. Varner, a folklorist with numerous books to his credit concerning mythology, history, folklore and early religions, has written a new book about 19th century folklorist and journalist Charles G. Leland. Viewed by many as a controversial treatment of a man idolized by some in the Neo-Pagan community but disdained by scholars and researchers for his legendary manipulation of folklore, myth and Native American artwork, Charles G. Leland – The Man & the Myth is the most comprehensive biography written in 102 years of this fascinating and complex man.
Was he the discoverer of an ancient and lost tradition of witchcraft or was he a man driven to falsifying information to create his own romantic view of a pagan world filled with witches, woodland spirits, faeries and demons? This is an important book which provides a balanced picture of the life and works of an extremely intelligent and artistic man who created much good but also cast a dubious shadow on the nature of folklore and ethnography.
Charles G. Leland – The Man & the Myth, available from Amazon.com and soon available in paperback and hardcover everywhere. ISBN: 978-1-4357-4394-6, 200 pgs, index, bibliography, illustrated, $15.95 paperback, $28.50 hardcover.
Varner's website can be found at: www.authorsden.com/garyrvarner. |
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