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Mermaids
- Title
- Mermaids / Sophia Kingshill.
- Author
- Kingshill, Sophia
- Publication
- Toller Fratrum, Dorset : Little Toller Books, 2015.
- ©2015
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 16-283 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 148 pages : illustrations (some colour); 19 cm
- Summary
- MERMAID ancestry can be traced from the classical past to the present. From her roots in Assyrian reliefs to inn signs, figureheads and tattoos, from the seductress of sailors to Picasso's mural of Syrena, the legends and folklore surrounding the mermaid remain as open to interpretation as the myths that have ensured her survival. She is blessed with one tail or two, as happy in freshwater as salt, and her line of descent runs from Homer's sirens to the nymphs in Pirates of the Caribbean. And what of the selkies, or seal-folk, or the fish-tailed maidens found entangled in fishermens? nets? -- The earliest surviving images of mermaids date from 3,000 years ago. For much of her existence she has been an object of desire: in Medieval bestiaries and Pre-Raphaelite paintings, mermaids were symbols of lust and temptation. Only recently has the mermaid been reclaimed as neither vamp nor victim, but confident self-aware woman. Few creatures match her allure. A sexual hybrid, woman to the waist and fish below, her enduring popularity spans eras, continents and art forms.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Little Toller monograph."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFC 16-283
- ISBN
- 1908213264
- 9781908213266
- LCCN
- 2016301459
- OCLC
- 914462248
- Author
- Kingshill, Sophia, author.
- Title
- Mermaids / Sophia Kingshill.
- Publisher
- Toller Fratrum, Dorset : Little Toller Books, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 16-283