A Dictionary of Symbols

Cirlot, J.E.

ISBN 10: 071020017X / ISBN 13: 9780710200174

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1971

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A nice, tight and bright copy of this increasingly scarce book. 'Images and their significance defined in a remarkable reference work.' Linda O'Callaghan, Sunday Telegraph Product Description At every stage of civilization, people have relied on symbolic expression, and advances in science and technology have only increased our dependence on symbols. An essential part of the ancient arts of the Orient and Western medieval traditions, symbolism underwent a twentieth-century revival with the study of the unconscious. Indeed, symbolic language is considered a science, and this informative volume offers an indispensable tool in the study of symbology. Its alphabetical entries--drawn from a diverse range of sources, including all of the major world religions, astrology, alchemy, numerology, heraldry, and prehistoric art--clarify the essential and unvarying meanings of each symbol. Whether used as a reference or browsed for pleasure, this informative volume offers a valuable key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. 32 b/w illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dictionary of Symbols
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
• Publication Date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 071020017X
• ISBN 13: 9780710200174
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Second Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. A good, clean & sound copy.

About the Author

Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (1893-1968) was an English anarchist poet, and critic of literature and art. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism, and was strongly influenced by proto-existentialist thinker Max Stirner.