The book of legendary lands
Eco, Umberto, 1932-20162013
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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. Placing ancient and medieval texts beside contemporary stories, films beside poems, comics beside novels, it is a journey that is both erudite and enjoyable, and one that only Eco could have created.
Main title:
The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen.
Author:
Eco, Umberto, 1932-2016, authorMcEwan, Alastair, translator
Imprint:
London : Quercus Publishing Plc, 2013.London MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus, 2013.c2013.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9780857052872 (hardback)
Dewey class:
809.9
Language:
English
BRN:
24899