Dictionary of Symbols

Zusatztext `Images and their significance defined in a remarkable reference work.' - Linda O'Callaghan! Sunday Telegraph`The author's erudition shines through the several hundred items in the dictionary! many of them scholarly essays in their own right. A volume for browsing and learning.' - Psychological Medicine Informationen zum Autor J. C. Cirlot Klappentext The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified. Zusammenfassung The unvarying essential meanings of around 1!000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art! literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION, DICTIONARY A to Z, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL SOURCES, ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Product details

• Authors: J C Cirlot, J. C. Cirlot, Cirlot J. C.
• Assisted by: J. Sage (Translation), Sage J. (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138834170
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83417-0
• No. of pages: 508
• Series: Routledge dictionaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Linguistics, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Literature: history & criticism, Society and culture: general, Literature: history and criticism