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Symbols in Life and Art.
Title:
Symbols in Life and Art.
Author:
Leith, James A.
ISBN:
9780773561434
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Contents:
Contents/Table des Matières -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Remerciements -- The Symbol as a Medium of Exchange -- Symbols of Unity and Integration -- Steel Syntax: The Railroad as Symbol in Canadian Poetry -- Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Albert Aurier: The Perception of Life in Death -- La Fonction des Mythes Dynamiques dans la Construction de l'Imaginaire Social -- Symbols in Religion -- Symbols in the French Revolution: The Strange Metamorphoses of the Triangle -- Le Statut du Symbole dans la Poésie de la Renaissance -- Reflections -- Organizing Committee / Comité d'Organisation -- Illustrations.
Abstract:
This collection of nine papers is the result of a colloquium of the Royal Society of Canada, held in honour of the late George Whalley, at which noted scholars from several countries and various disciplines discussed the role symbols play in human life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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