Imaginary Animals by Boria Sax


Authors
Boria Sax
ISBN
9781789145458
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
278
Dimensions
190 x 250mm

Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations — deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world with names, categories and scientific knowledge.This book traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories, and beyond. It shows how imagined creatures help us psychologically, giving form to our subconscious fears as ‘monsters’, as well as embodying our hopes as ‘wonders’. Nevertheless, their greatest service may be to continually challenge our imaginations, directing us beyond the limitations of our conventional beliefs and expectations.‘Shows how mermaids and dragons, even superheroes and Tamagochis, help us measure what it means to be human. A well illustrated and philosophically sophisticated book.’ — World of Interiors‘A thought-provoking analysis of bestial creations...Recommended.’ — Choice‘Intriguing and thought-provoking...Scholarly and well-researched, without being either ponderous or condescending, it is written with real wit, and with a contagious delight in its subject rare in such a study. I would recommend it enthusiastically.’ — Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn
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