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Spider / Katarzyna and Sergiusz Michalski.

Title
Spider / Katarzyna and Sergiusz Michalski.
Author
Michalska, Katarzyna.
Publication
London : Reaktion Books, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Michalski, Sergiusz.
Description
224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 19 cm.
Summary
A wide-ranging, thorough account of the spider, a creature with a rich symbolic presence in the human imagination, this book analyses the spider in art, literature, horror stories, science fiction and film and also looks at arachnophobia, and the psychological association of the spider with dominant women or mothers.
Series Statement
Animal
Uniform Title
Animal (Reaktion Books)
Subject
  • Spiders
  • Spiders > Folklore
  • Spiders > Mythology
  • Spiders in art
  • Animals in literature
  • Animals in motion pictures
  • Spiders > Symbolic aspects
  • Spiders > Psychological aspects
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Animals and civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-216) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere -- Some basic zoological facts -- Arachnophobia -- Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition -- The femme fatale and eroticism -- Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois -- Spiders in art and caricature -- Myth and folklore -- Urban legends -- Spider goes Hollywood.
ISBN
  • 9781861897756 (pbk.)
  • 1861897758 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 587198851
  • SCSB-10198261
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library