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Imaginary animals
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- Book Synopsis
- Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations - deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world with names, categories and scientific knowledge. This book traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories, and beyond. It shows how imagined creatures help us psychologically, giving form to our subconscious fears as 'monsters', as well as embodying our hopes as 'wonders'. Nevertheless, their greatest service may be to continually challenge our imaginations, directing us beyond the limitations of our conventional beliefs and expectations.
- About The Author
- Boria Sax teaches at Sing Sing prison and online in the graduate literature programme at Mercy University. He has published numerous books, many of which have won awards and been translated into multiple languages. His most recent is Enchanted Forests: The Poetic Construction of a World before Time (Reaktion, 2023).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781789145458
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, (01 August 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 278
- Weight
- 880 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 250 x 190 x 18 mm
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