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Images of Crisis

Paperback • 2015 • English

Images of Crisis

By George P. Landow

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About the book

First published in 1982, Images of Crisis explores the premise that literature and art exploit various images to present culturally prevalent ideas, and thus create their own form of iconology. George Landow shows how the tumultuous history of the past two hundred years has resulted in a plethora of metaphors associated with moments of human crisis. Avalanches and volcanoes emerge as focal images in an aesthetic that concerns itself increasingly with the vulnerability of humanity. However, it is...Show more

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9781138796119

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Images of Crisis

Format

Paperback

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