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The mythmakers intent on making heroes out of public figures too often minimize the damage done to others along their journey, if they’re mentioned at all.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2023
This new volume confirms that Tolkien was the 20th century’s greatest mythmaker, and that his mythology will — if there is justice in the world — rank someday with that of Homer, Virgil, and Dante.
—Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 26 Sep. 2021
Stanley was a cultural mythmaker of rare inspiration.
—Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
But this was at cross purposes with the larger intent of the exhibition, which is to extricate Lautrec from his reputation as the quintessential mythmaker of Montmartre and the racy side of Belle Époque Paris.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
Fans of the Christian mythmaker owe his son a considerable debt.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
Early leaders were not as ideologically bold as later mythmakers think.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2019
But the compromise also etched battle lines between Davis and Rozelle and, by extension, put Davis on the wrong side of NFL mythmakers.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
Quoting from reminiscences without interrogation or corroboration can be particularly problematic in the case of Mabel, a compulsive mythmaker who would change the dates of events in her diary to suit her side of a sad story.
—Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2023
This new volume confirms that Tolkien was the 20th century’s greatest mythmaker, and that his mythology will — if there is justice in the world — rank someday with that of Homer, Virgil, and Dante.
—Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 26 Sep. 2021
Stanley was a cultural mythmaker of rare inspiration.
—Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
But this was at cross purposes with the larger intent of the exhibition, which is to extricate Lautrec from his reputation as the quintessential mythmaker of Montmartre and the racy side of Belle Époque Paris.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
Fans of the Christian mythmaker owe his son a considerable debt.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
Early leaders were not as ideologically bold as later mythmakers think.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2019
But the compromise also etched battle lines between Davis and Rozelle and, by extension, put Davis on the wrong side of NFL mythmakers.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
Quoting from reminiscences without interrogation or corroboration can be particularly problematic in the case of Mabel, a compulsive mythmaker who would change the dates of events in her diary to suit her side of a sad story.
—Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
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“Mythmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mythmaker. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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