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The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.

Title
The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.
Author
Eco, Umberto
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013.

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Additional Authors
McEwen, Alastair
Description
477 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
Summary
"A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Geographical myths in literature
  • Geographical myths in art > Pictorial works
  • Geographical myths
  • Art and literature
Genre/Form
Pictorial works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The flat earth and the antipodes -- Biblical lands -- The lands of Homer and the seven wonders -- The wonders of the East, from Alexander to Prester John -- The Earthly Paradise, the Isles of the Blessed, and El Dorado -- Atlantis, Mu, and Lemuria -- Ultima Thule and Hyperborea -- The migrations of the grail -- Alamüt, the Old Man of the Mountain, and the Assassins -- The Land of Cockaigne -- The Islands of Utopia -- The Island of Solomon and the Austral Land -- The interior of the Earth, the Polar myth, and Agartha -- The invention of Rennes-le-Château -- Fictional places and their truth.
ISBN
  • 9780847841219
  • 0847841219
LCCN
^^2013936600
OCLC
  • 832278728
  • SCSB-12634123
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library