| Description |
xxiv, 1224 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Prelude: Dumbbells and Fellow Creatures: Children's Stories -- 1. All Our Relatives: Tribal Ritual and Myth -- 2. Praise and Renunciation: Mesopotamia, Israel, India -- 3. Transformations of the Way: China, Japan -- 4. Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away: Classical Greece -- 5. Oneness and Separation: The Hellenistic World and Rome -- 6. The Vicar's Dominion: Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- 7. Worlds in Revolution: The Renaissance in Letters and Science -- 8. Perilous Balance: Nature, Reason, and Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nature -- Folklore.
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Nature -- Literary collections.
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Nature -- Mythology.
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Tales.
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| Author |
Torrance, Robert M. (Robert Mitchell), 1939-
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| LC no. |
97044481 |
| ISBN |
1582430098 (paperback) |
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1887178430 (hc : alk. paper) |
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