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Winged words : flight in poetry and history

Title
Winged words : flight in poetry and history / Piero Boitani.
Author
Boitani, Piero.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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  • Publisher description

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Description
xiii, 262 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Winged Words is Piero Boitani's aerial survey of humanity's fascination with flight as revealed in literature and history. By showing how writers and fliers have looked to the ancients for inspiration, Boitani testifies to the modern relevance of poetry and the classics."--BOOK JACKET.
Uniform Title
Parole alate. English
Alternative Title
Parole alate.
Subject
  • Flight in literature
  • Flight
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index.
Contents
1. Pegasus -- 2. Icarus -- 3. Hermes -- 4. Halcyons -- 5. Eagles -- 6. Musee des Beaux Arts -- 7. Night flights -- 8. 2001 : the mad flight -- Epilogue : winged words.
ISBN
  • 9780226065618 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226065618 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006036193
OCLC
  • OCM74987827
  • 74987827
  • SCSB-5333273
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries