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  1. 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

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

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

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    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
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    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

    Location:
    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
  2. 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

    Location:
    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Bibliothek und wissenschaftliche Information
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    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    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
  3. Charming beauties and frightful beasts
    non-human animals in South Asian myth, ritual and folklore
    Contributor: Ferrari, Fabrizio M. (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Equinox Publ., Sheffield

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Ferrari, Fabrizio M. (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781908049582; 1908049588; 9781908049599; 1908049596
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Subjects: Animals / Religious aspects; Animals / Folklore; Animals / Mythology / South Asia
    Scope: XVII, 272 S. : Ill.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index