The Waterless Sea : A Curious History of Mirages EPUB
by Pinney Christopher Pinney
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Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Traditional Chinese and Japanese poetry and art depict the above-horizon, superior mirage, or fata morgana, as exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources relate mirages to the "thirst of gazelles," a metaphor for the futility of desire. Starting in the late eighteenth century, mirages became a symbol in the West of Oriental despotism-a negative, but also enchanted, emblem. But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. More often, our obsession with mirages conveys a sense of escape, of fascination, of a desire to be deceived. The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion-and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Reaktion Books
- Publication Date:15/05/2018
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- ISBN:9781780239699
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Reaktion Books
- Publication Date:15/05/2018
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- ISBN:9781780239699