{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-symbols-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"A Dictionary of Symbols: Revised and Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Eduardo Cirlot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJack Sage\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eValerie Miles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuan Eduardo Cirlot's \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Symbols\u003c\/i\u003e 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, Ren  Gu non, 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, \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Symbols\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Eduardo Cirlot\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-1973) was a poet, art critic, hermeneutist, mythologist, and musician. He wrote several books on the history and theory of art, published several poetry collections, and composed music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the trilogy \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e, the third book of which, \u003ci\u003eThe Amber Spyglass\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first children's book to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in the UK. His most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in a new companion trilogy to \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxford, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Miles\u003c\/b\u003e, an editor, writer, and translator, co-founded the literary journal Granta in Spanish and also established the NYRB Classics series in Spanish. She curated the first exhibition dedicated to Roberto Bolaño's archive papers. She is author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Forests in One Acorn\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Barcelona, Spain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Cirlot\u003c\/b\u003e, is a medieval scholar and professor of Romance Philology at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003eLa visión abierta, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDel mito del grial al surrealismo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrial. Poética y mito\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.4 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770368917792,"sku":"9781681371979","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95ff8fefc712d625b4894774d8af811c.webp?v=1780370322","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-dictionary-of-symbols-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}