A Dictionary of Symbols: Revised and Expanded Edit
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A classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art.
Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature, a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant and learned. Cirlot was a composer, a poet, an art critic, and a champion of modern art whose interest in surrealism helped to bring him to the study of symbolism. Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, René Guénon, Erich Fromm, and Gaston Bachelard also helped to shape his thinking in a book that explores the space between the world at large and the world within, where, as Cirlot sees it, nothing is meaningless, everything is significant, and everything is in some way related to something else. Running from “abandonment” to “zone” by way of “flute” and “whip,” spanning the cultures of the world, and including a wealth of visual images to further bring the reality of the symbol home, A Dictionary of Symbols, here published for the first time in English in its original, significantly enlarged form, is a luminous and illuminating investigation of the works of eternity in time.
Publisher : NYRB Classics; Expanded, Revised edition (September 22, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 576 pages
ISBN-10 : 1681371979
ISBN-13 : 978-1681371979
Reading age : 1 year and up
Item Weight : 1.85 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.48 x 8.43 inches
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Yacov Elkarif –
As described
Came in good condition and as described
Angela –
I don’t like this book
This book was written in language that is too technical and aesthetically, the writing style (very few pictures, too many words on a page, etc.) is hard on the eyes. After flipping through it, I never even bothered to read it. I have another symbols book that I enjoy better.
DragonFly –
Writing style not helpful
The writer wanders sometimes too aimlessly in defining a symbol. I much prefer Chevaliers’ Dictionary of Symbols.
Uziel Mireles –
Un libro que me encantan cómo llegó y que disfruto diario
Paulo Marcos Rodrigues Ferreira –
Para o segmento a que se propõe é muito bom. Com definições sucintas e objetvas.
W. Eloff –
I have several books on symbols that I refer to daily and this is one of them. In fact, I am reading this book from cover-to-cover currently. It’s fascinating, illuminating and packed with meaning. Don’t be surprised if the images it conjures find their way into your dreams. This book is perfect for those interested in reaching down into the mythical substrata responsible for governing who we are and how we become. Highly recommended for one and all.
intrinsikal –
I feel duped. If I had seen this book in person I would have never even considered purchasing it. It has more descriptions of symbols than descriptions with illustrations. It is absurd to me to refer to yourself as a dictionary of symbols without showing the symbols. And then it’s not even like they are spectacular write ups, several are little more than blurbs.
F. G. A. Fluitsma –
No comments; everything ok