The dragon : fear and power
Arnold, Martin, 1951-2018
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From the fire-breathing beasts of North European myth and legend to the Book of Revelation's Great Red Dragon of Hell, from those supernatural agencies of imperial authority in ancient China to the so-called dragon-women who threaten male authority, dragons are a global phenomenon, one that has troubled humanity for thousands of years. These often scaly beasts take a wide variety of forms and meanings, but there is one thing they all have in common: our fear of their formidable power and, as a consequence, our need either to overcome, appease, or in some way assume that power as our own. In this fiery cultural history, Martin Arnold asks how these unifying impulses can be explained.
Main title:
The dragon : fear and power / Martin Arnold.
Author:
Arnold, Martin, 1951-, author
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
Collation:
328 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780238975 (hbk)
Dewey class:
398.2454398.245
LC class:
GR830.D7
Language:
English
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BRN:
2247915
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