Dictionary of Symbols

Description

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.

Reviews

`Images and their significance defined in a remarkable reference work.' - Linda O'Callaghan, Sunday Telegraph

`The author's erudition shines through the several hundred items in the dictionary, many of them scholarly essays in their own right. A volume for browsing and learning.' - Psychological Medicine

Related Subjects

1. Anthropology - Soc Sci
2. Semiotics