{"product_id":"the-penguin-dictionary-of-symbols-paperback","title":"The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Chevalier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlain Gheerbrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Buchanan-Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable and wide-ranging book is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn from a variety of scholarly backgrounds--including anthropology, ethnology, psychotherapy and art history. This diversity of approach is responsible for the book's unique character, a reflection of the multiplicity of symbols and signs and the phenomenal range of possible interpretations they offer. This book draws together folklore, literary and artistic sources, and focuses on the symbolic dimension of every colour, number, sound, gesture, expression or character trait that has benefitted from symbolic interpretation. The conscious and unconscious minds are explored, desire and dreams are treated alongside the known and the chronicled. Extraordinary in its range and eclecticism, this dictionary was originally published in French as the \u003cb\u003eDictionnaire des Symboles\u003c\/b\u003e, and it is regarded as the standard work on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Chevalier\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian. Until 1964, he was director of the Bureau of Relations for Member States at UNESCO, a post he left to research and write \u003ci\u003eDictionnaire des symboles\u003c\/i\u003e with famed Amazon explorer Alain Gheerbrant. A compendium of more than 1,600 articles about the symbolism of myths, dreams, colors, habits, etc., found in folklore and mythology, this encyclopedia of cultural anthropology is published as \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Symbols\u003c\/i\u003e in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain Gheerbrant\u003c\/b\u003e (1920-2013) was a French writer, editor, and explorer. He was the founding editor of K Éditeur, which published works by Antonin Artaud, Georges Bataille, and Aimé Césaire. In 1948, he left France with his team to explore a dense part of the Amazon, including Sierra Parima, and wrote of his travels in \u003ci\u003eL'Expédition Orénoque-Amazone \u003c\/i\u003e(1952). In 1982, in colloboration with author Jean Chevalier, he published \u003ci\u003eDictionnaire des symboles\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Symbols\u003c\/i\u003e in English), an encyclopedia of cultural anthropology about the symbolism of myths and folklore. He released his memoir called \u003ci\u003eLa Transversale\u003c\/i\u003e in 1995. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Buchanan-Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is a long-established and gifted translator of French books. He is best known for his translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Symbols\u003c\/i\u003e by Alain Gheerbrant and Jean Chevalier and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of the Missing Boat \u003c\/i\u003eby Paul Berna.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 7.7 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45339319402598,"sku":"9780140512540","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Y0pvUnpRd2xzVFRzT3RlQzFicUM4dz09.webp?v=1774687755","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-penguin-dictionary-of-symbols-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}