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The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.
Van Pelt Library PN56.G478 E26 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eco, Umberto, author.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Geographical myths in literature.
- Geographical myths in art--Pictorial works.
- Geographical myths in art.
- Geographical myths.
- Art and literature.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 477 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013.
- Summary:
- "A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The flat earth and the antipodes
- Biblical lands
- The lands of Homer and the seven wonders
- The wonders of the East, from Alexander to Prester John
- The Earthly Paradise, the Isles of the Blessed, and El Dorado
- Atlantis, Mu, and Lemuria
- Ultima Thule and Hyperborea
- The migrations of the grail
- Alamüt, the Old Man of the Mountain, and the Assassins
- The Land of Cockaigne
- The Islands of Utopia
- The Island of Solomon and the Austral Land
- The interior of the Earth, the Polar myth, and Agartha
- The invention of Rennes-le-Château
- Fictional places and their truth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780847841219
- 0847841219
- OCLC:
- 832278728
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