BuchananBrown, John
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols (Penguin Dictionaries)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780140512540
- author:
- BuchananBrown, John
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Pages:
- 1184
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 4.83 x 19.81 centimetres
- Genre:
- Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
This comprehensive dictionary of symbols explores the symbolic imagination, drawing on a wide range of scholarly backgrounds including anthropology, ethnology, psychotherapy, and art history. The result is a unique and eclectic work that reflects the diversity of symbols and signs, and the many possible interpretations they offer.
From folklore and literary sources, to the symbolic dimension of colours, numbers, sounds, gestures, expressions, and character traits, this book examines the conscious and unconscious minds, desire, and dreams, alongside the known and the chronicled. Originally published in French, this dictionary is regarded as the standard work on the subject, offering a remarkable and wide-ranging inventory of symbols.
Related Products
Related Products
The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary (Penguin Reference)
Fergusson, Rosalind
The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy (Penguin Reference)
Mautner, Thomas
The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (Penguin Reference)
Abercrombie, Nicholas
The Penguin Dictionary of First Names (Penguin Reference)
Pickering, David
The Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames
Titford, John