The Book of Legendary Lands

by Umberto Eco

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Author(s)

Umberto Eco

Publication, year

London : MacLehose Press, 2013

Scope

478 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

9780857052872

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From Homer's poems to contemporary science fiction, literature through the ages has continuously invented imaginary and legendary lands, projecting there all those wishes, dreams, utopias and nightmares that are too intrusive and challenging for our limited daily reality. Umberto Eco leads us on an illustrated journey through these distant, unknown lands: introducing us to their inhabitants, their heroes and villains, the passions and preoccupations that shaped them, always mindful of the continued importance of myth and legend to modern life and conciousness.

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Stroom project

ARW (D)

Location

Cabinet 32 - 1: Attempts to Read the World (Differently)

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.