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Albatross

DATE: 2017-11-16  SIZE: 4.32 MB    DISKS: 1x 10MB     PAGES: n/a

PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books                    GENRE:

AUTHOR: Graham Barwell

FORMAT: PDF   PROTECTION: DRM  EDITION: n/a

URL: https://is.gd/sPAXlC

LANGUAGE: English   ISBN: 9781780231914

: "At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it   :
: had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God's name." The introduction :
: of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient     :
: Mariner" remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic    :
: seabird in Western culture. In Albatross, Graham Barwell goes beyond       :
: Coleridge to examine the role the bird plays in the lives of a wide variet :
: of peoples and societies, from the early views of north Atlantic mariners  :
: to modern encounters by writers, artists, and filmmakers. Exploring how th :
: bird has been celebrated in proverbs, folk stories, art, and ceremonies,   :
: Barwell shows how people marvel at the way the albatross soars through the :
: air, covering awe-inspiring distances with little effort thanks to its     :
: impressive wingspan. He surveys the many approaches people have taken to   :
: thinking about the albatross over the past two hundred years--from those w :
: devoted their lives to these birds to those who hunted them for food and   :
: sport--and discusses its place in the human imagination. Concluding with a :
: reflection on the bird's changing significance in the modern world, Barwel :
: considers threats to its continued existence and its prospects for the     :
: future. With one hundred illustrations from nature, film, and popular      :
: culture, Albatross is an absorbing look at these beautiful birds.          :

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