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  1. Imaginary animals
    the monstrous, the wondrous and the human
    Author: Sax, Boria
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

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    Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Standort Holländischer Platz
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    25 Phi RI 8025
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    Universität Mainz, Bereichsbibliothek Philosophicum, Standort Historische Kulturwissenschaften
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    LH 84500 SAX/ 1
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780231730
    Subjects: Fabeltiere; Ungeheuer; Kunst; Literatur; Aberglaube
    Scope: 278 S., zahlr. Ill.
  2. Imaginary Animals
    The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human
    Author: Sax, Boria
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

     Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs-these fantastic creatures have long excited our imagination. Medieval authors placed them in the borders of manuscripts as markers of the boundaries of our... more

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    Universität Frankfurt, Elektronische Ressourcen
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    Universitätsbibliothek Gießen
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     Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs-these fantastic creatures have long excited our imagination. Medieval authors placed them in the borders of manuscripts as markers of the boundaries of our understanding. Tales from around the world place these beasts in deserts, deep woods, remote islands, ocean depths, and alternate universes-just out of our reach. And in the sections on the apocalypse in the Bible, they proliferate as the end of time approaches, with horses with heads like lions, dragons, and serpents signaling the destruction of th...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781780231730; 9781780232133 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Subjects: Fabeltiere; Ungeheuer; Kunst; Literatur; Aberglaube
    Scope: 280 p.
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  3. Imaginary animals
    the monstrous, the wondrous and the human
    Author: Sax, Boria
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    The true unicorn -- Animal encounters -- What is an 'imaginary animal'? -- Every imaginary animal is real -- Monsters -- Wonders -- Creatures of fire and air -- Creatures of earth -- Shape-shifters -- Mechanical animals Medieval authors placed... more

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    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek

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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
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    Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte

     

    The true unicorn -- Animal encounters -- What is an 'imaginary animal'? -- Every imaginary animal is real -- Monsters -- Wonders -- Creatures of fire and air -- Creatures of earth -- Shape-shifters -- Mechanical animals Medieval authors placed fantastic creatures in the borders of manuscripts, since they mark the boundaries of our understanding. Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations. According to apocalyptic visions of the Bible, they will also proliferate as we approach the end of time. Because they challenge our conceptual powers, fantastic creatures also seem to exist at the limits of language. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world in names, categories and elaborate conceptual frameworks. This richly illustrated book shows how, despite their liminal role, dog-men, mermaids, and many other imaginary creatures are socially constructed through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as "real" ones. It traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories. These figures help us psychologically by giving form to our amorphous fears as "monsters", as well as embodying our hopes as "wonders."

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781780231730; 1780231733
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: Animals, Mythical; Monsters; Animals, Mythical, in art; Animals, Mythical, in literature; Animals / Folklore; Cryptozoology; Literatur; Ungeheuer; Aberglaube; Kunst; Fabeltiere
    Scope: 278 Seiten, Illustrationen, 26 cm
  4. Imaginary animals
    the monstrous, the wondrous and the human
    Author: Sax, Boria
    Published: [2013]; © 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781780232133; 9781780231730
    Subjects: Animals; Animals, Mythical; Fabeltiere; Kunst; Literatur; Ungeheuer; Aberglaube
    Scope: 1 online resource (280 pages), some color illustrations
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  5. Imaginary animals
    the monstrous, the wondrous and the human
    Author: Sax, Boria
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    The true unicorn -- Animal encounters -- What is an 'imaginary animal'? -- Every imaginary animal is real -- Monsters -- Wonders -- Creatures of fire and air -- Creatures of earth -- Shape-shifters -- Mechanical animals Medieval authors placed... more

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    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Bibliothek und wissenschaftliche Information
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    The true unicorn -- Animal encounters -- What is an 'imaginary animal'? -- Every imaginary animal is real -- Monsters -- Wonders -- Creatures of fire and air -- Creatures of earth -- Shape-shifters -- Mechanical animals Medieval authors placed fantastic creatures in the borders of manuscripts, since they mark the boundaries of our understanding. Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations. According to apocalyptic visions of the Bible, they will also proliferate as we approach the end of time. Because they challenge our conceptual powers, fantastic creatures also seem to exist at the limits of language. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world in names, categories and elaborate conceptual frameworks. This richly illustrated book shows how, despite their liminal role, dog-men, mermaids, and many other imaginary creatures are socially constructed through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as "real" ones. It traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories. These figures help us psychologically by giving form to our amorphous fears as "monsters", as well as embodying our hopes as "wonders."

     
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781780231730; 1780231733
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: Animals, Mythical; Monsters; Animals, Mythical, in art; Animals, Mythical, in literature; Animals / Folklore; Cryptozoology; Literatur; Ungeheuer; Aberglaube; Kunst; Fabeltiere
    Scope: 278 Seiten, Illustrationen, 26 cm
  6. Imaginary animals
    the monstrous, the wondrous and the human
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

    Medieval authors placed fantastic creatures in the borders of manuscripts, since they mark the boundaries of our understanding. Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations. According to apocalyptic visions of the... more

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    Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Bibliothek und wissenschaftliche Information
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    2015/1705
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    Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Bibliothek
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    Frei122-A1ZOO19
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    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
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    2013 C 4677
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    Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Bibliothek
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    8° Vs 201/45
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    Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
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    EC 5410 F114 S27
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    Medieval authors placed fantastic creatures in the borders of manuscripts, since they mark the boundaries of our understanding. Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations. According to apocalyptic visions of the Bible, they will also proliferate as we approach the end of time. Because they challenge our conceptual powers, fantastic creatures also seem to exist at the limits of language. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world in names, categories and elaborate conceptual frameworks. This richly illustrated book shows how, despite their liminal role, dog-men, mermaids, and many other imaginary creatures are socially constructed through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as "real" ones. It traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories. These figures help us psychologically by giving form to our amorphous fears as "monsters", as well as embodying our hopes as "wonders."

     
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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780231730; 1780231733
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: Animals, Mythical; Monsters; Animals, Mythical, in art; Animals, Mythical, in literature; Animals; Cryptozoology; Animals; Animals, Mythical; Animals, Mythical, in art; Animals, Mythical, in literature; Cryptozoology; Monsters
    Scope: 278 S., zahlr. Ill., 26 cm
    Notes:

    Literaturverz. S. 257 - 268

    The true unicorn -- Animal encounters -- What is an 'imaginary animal'? -- Every imaginary animal is real -- Monsters -- Wonders -- Creatures of fire and air -- Creatures of earth -- Shape-shifters -- Mechanical animals.