James Weigel, Jr. (1937–2000)
Author of CliffsNotes on Mythology
About the Author
Works by James Weigel, Jr.
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- Canonical name
- Weigel, James, Jr.
- Legal name
- Weigel, James Edward, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1937
- Date of death
- 2000
- Gender
- male
- Country (for map)
- United States of America
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- Ames, Iowa, USA
- Places of residence
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ames, Iowa, USA - Education
- Wayne State University (BA|Liberal Arts 1959)
University of Michigan
University of California (MA)
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Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (Cliffs Notes) by James Weigel Jr.
Standard study guide to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Helped me get a grasp for the book before I started reading it and had me thinking on the various themes and subjects brought up throughout the story.
Helped me get a grasp for the book before I started reading it and had me thinking on the various themes and subjects brought up throughout the story.
This book was a great basic introduction to the world's great mythological systems. For those who want to know more about mythology, I definitely recommend it. My only complaints are that I wish the book would have included at least a couple of the Native American and Far Eastern mythological systems, such as the Aztec and the Chinese, and that I think the author relies upon some dated anthropology in his view of the development of the "patriarchal" mythologies from a universal "matriarchal" system. Neither of these flaws taints the work much, though, and overall it is, as I said, a great introduction to the great mythologies of the world.… (more)
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- Works
- 4
- Members
- 767
- Popularity
- #33,179
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 20