The Book Of Imaginary Beings
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The Book Of Imaginary Beings
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Release Date : 1970
The Book Of Imaginary Beings written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by Jonathan Cape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Fiction categories.
A whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination, this unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world's mythologies and literatures.
The Book Of Imaginary Beings
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-09-26
The Book Of Imaginary Beings written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-26 with Fiction categories.
In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sís with Jorge Luis Borges's 1957 compilation of 116 "strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination," from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this volume, The Book of Imaginary Beings will delight readers of classic fantasy as well as Borges's many admirers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Book Of Imaginary Beings After Jorge Luis Borges
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Book Of Imaginary Beings After Jorge Luis Borges written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Animals, Mythical, in art categories.
"Christiana Soulou’s 2016 exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ comprises a group of drawings after Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero’s Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) – a fantastic anthology of 'strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination.' The project has evolved and expanded over more than two years, originating in a presentation at the 2013 Venice Biennale, where Soulou’s drawings were presented as part of ‘The Encyclopedic Palace’. The current series, numbering almost fifty drawings, is not limited to what might immediately be suggested by the term ‘imaginary beings’, but embraces the original desire of Borges to include 'the point, the line, the surface, n-dimensional hyperplanes and hypervolumes, of all generic terms, and perhaps of each one of us and of the godhead. In brief, the sum of all things – the universe.' The series is documented in a new book – an extension of the overall project – which includes Soulou’s writings on Borges."--
The Book Of Imaginary Beings
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Author : Margarita Guerrero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Book Of Imaginary Beings written by Margarita Guerrero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Animals, Mythical categories.
The Book Of Barely Imagined Beings
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Author : Caspar Henderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-04-10
The Book Of Barely Imagined Beings written by Caspar Henderson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-10 with Nature categories.
From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or banshees. But from the infamous honey badger to the giant squid, animals continue to captivate us with the things they can do and the things they cannot, what we know about them and what we don’t. With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson’s book—from the axolotl to the zebrafish—are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that seem as if they should be made up—that are somehow more astonishing than anything we might have imagined. The yeti crab, for example, uses its furry claws to farm the bacteria on which it feeds. The waterbear, meanwhile, is among nature’s “extreme survivors,” able to withstand a week unprotected in outer space. These and other strange and surprising species invite readers to reflect on what we value—or fail to value—and what we might change. A powerful combination of wit, cutting-edge natural history, and philosophical meditation, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is an infectious and inspiring celebration of the sheer ingenuity and variety of life in a time of crisis and change.
The Book Of Sand
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Book Of Sand written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with English fiction categories.
Includes the stories The Congress, Undr, The Mirror and the Mask, August 25, 1983, Blue Tigers, The Rose of Paracelsus and Shakespeare's Memory.
The Book Of Imaginary Beings By Jorge Luis Borges With Margarita Guerrero
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Author : Jorge Luis Borges
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Book Of Imaginary Beings By Jorge Luis Borges With Margarita Guerrero written by Jorge Luis Borges and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Animals, Mythical categories.
Characters In Fictional Worlds
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Author : Jens Eder
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010-11-19
Characters In Fictional Worlds written by Jens Eder and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although fictional characters have long dominated the reception of literature, films, television programs, comics, and other media products, only recently have they begun to attract their due attention in literary and media theory. The book systematically surveys today ́s diverse and at times conflicting theoretical perspectives on fictional character, spanning research on topics such as the differences between fictional characters and real persons, the ontological status of characters, the strategies of their representation and characterization, the psychology of their reception, as well as their specific forms and constellations in - and across - different media, from the book to the internet.
Monsters
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Author : David D. Gilmore
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-05-26
Monsters written by David D. Gilmore and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-26 with Social Science categories.
The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. All known folklores brim with visions of looming and ferocious monsters, often in the role as adversaries to great heroes. But while heroes have been closely studied by mythologists, monsters have been neglected, even though they are equally important as pan-human symbols and reveal similar insights into ways the mind works. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures. Using colorful and absorbing evidence from virtually all times and places, Monsters is the first attempt by an anthropologist to delve into the mysterious, frightful abyss of mythical beasts and to interpret their role in the psyche and in society. After many hair-raising descriptions of monstrous beings in art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and community ritual, including such avatars as Dracula and Frankenstein, Hollywood ghouls, and extraterrestrials, Gilmore identifies many common denominators and proposes some novel interpretations. Monsters, according to Gilmore, are always enormous, man-eating, gratuitously violent, aggressive, sexually sadistic, and superhuman in power, combining our worst nightmares and our most urgent fantasies. We both abhor and worship our monsters: they are our gods as well as our demons. Gilmore argues that the immortal monster of the mind is a complex creation embodying virtually all of the inner conflicts that make us human. Far from being something alien, nonhuman, and outside us, our monsters are our deepest selves.
Imaginary Menagerie
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Author : Julie Larios
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2008-04-01
Imaginary Menagerie written by Julie Larios and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Who is half gallop, half walk? Who can turn you to stone with one look? Whose voice do you hear in the splash on the shore? Centaurs, mermaids, and other curious creatures populate these wondrous poems and paintings, inspired by a mythological world full of imagination and mystery. Includes end notes about cultures and legends.