FROM HOMER TO HARRY POTTER
A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy
By Matthew Dickerson & David O’Hara
Brazos Press. 272 pages. £12.99
ISBN 1 58743 133 5
A new book on fantasy and myth suggests that we should be reading more fantasy such as The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter because of the moral truths that they reveal. Eleanor Margesson gives it a read.
BBC2 is presently showing a series called ‘Mythbusters’. It takes urban myths‚ and seeks to debunk them so that you can go about your life with fewer lies in your head.
