Research Catalog
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.
- Supplementary Content
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
2 Items
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN56.F54 B6513 2007 | Off-site | |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Use in library | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- 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.
- Subjects
- 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