Albatross / Graham Barwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barwell, Graham, author.

Series:

Animal (Reaktion Books)

Animal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albatrosses.

Albatrosses--Social aspects.

Albatrosses--Symbolic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God's name." The introduction of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic seabird in Western culture. In Albatross, Graham Barwell goes beyond Coleridge to examine the role the bird plays in the lives of a wide variety of peoples and societies, from the early views of north Atlantic mariners to modern encounters by writers, artists, and filmmakers. Explorin

Contents:

Cover; Albatross; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Encountering the Albatross; 2. Imagining the Albatross; 3. Using the Albatross: Indigenous Cultures of the Pacific; 4. Using the Albatross: Non-Indigenous Peoples; 5. Saving the Albatross; 6. The Albatross Today: An Iconic Bird; Timeline; References; Select Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78023-214-4