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Lädt ... Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordanvon Michael Livingston
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"This companion to the internationally bestselling series will delve into the creation of Robert Jordan's masterpiece, drawing from interviews and an unprecedented examination of his unpublished notes. Michael Livingston tells the behind-the-scenes story of who Jordan was, how he worked, and why he holds such an important place in modern literature. The second part of the book is a glossary to the "real world" in The Wheel of Time. King Arthur is in The Wheel of Time. Merlin, too. But so are Alexander the Great and the Apollo Space Program, the Norse gods and Napoleon's greatest defeat-and so much more. Origins of The Wheel of Time will provide exciting knowledge and insights to both new and longtime fans looking to either expand their understanding of the series or unearth the real-life influences that Jordan utilized in his world building-all in one, accessible text"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Origins is an interesting addition to the Wheel of Time, as a bridge between our world and the fictional one delving into Jordan's notes and how the series initially started as a take on Arthurian legends and became its own sprawling fantasy epic that plays with global mythologies, especially in the cyclical way our legends become those of the Third Age and vice versa. (If we are the first age, Age of Legends is the second, the contemporary story is the third and post-Last Battle is the fourth: what happens in the fifth through seventh? I wonder if he ever intended to explore that...) One of the biggest takeaways I learned was how much inspiration Jordan took from [b:The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth|820465|The White Goddess A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth|Robert Graves|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1311971301l/820465._SY75_.jpg|219413] by Robert Graves, which sounds like it makes dubious claims towards European monomyths but I feel like Jordan would love seeing parallels and twists on similar stories across countries. My favorite Jordan biography fact was that his college aspirations apparently started with a football scholarship to my alma mater of Clemson University, the public ag school in South Carolina before Jordan realized athletics and academics weren't balancing and ended up off to Vietnam instead.
The glossary section works less well on audio, but nevertheless is still interesting. If you want deeper reads into real world origins and parallels of some of the cultural inspirations and aspects of WOT, I strongly recommend The 13th Depository blog led by Linda Taglieri, a long running repository of wonderful details and analysis from Brown Ajah sisters.
I am definitely going to pick up a physical copy of this at some point because I feel like I am missing out on color plates, and I couldn't figure out if the Google Play version of the audiobook had extra files stored as audiobooks elsewhere sometimes do. ( )