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Author: Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet ,
Katharine Jewett ,
Katharine Jewett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.450kg
ISBN: 9780415924481
ISBN 10: 0415924480
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 February 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An engagingly written work, well worth reading. -- Choice The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror in European imagination. -- LosAngeles Times Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history. -- The Wall Street Journal Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on -- when you boil it down -- why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means. -- ChicagoTribune Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and our most lofty spiritual aspirations. -- The National Post
'The cultural history of the mirror is fully explored by Sabine Melchior-Bonnet. The book marries science and art, literature and philosophy.' - New York Times 'This erudite meditation... reveals how significantly the mirror has influenced Western culture... this beautifully illustrated study offers so many intriguing glimpses into the meanings of reflection that it will reward anyone who peers beneath its surface.' - Publishers Weekly
""An engagingly written work, well worth reading."" -- Choice ""The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror in European imagination."" -- LosAngeles Times ""Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history."" -- The Wall Street Journal ""Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on -- when you boil it down -- why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means."" -- ChicagoTribune ""Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and our most lofty spiritual aspirations."" -- The National Post
"""An engagingly written work, well worth reading."" -- Choice ""The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror in European imagination."" -- LosAngeles Times ""Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history."" -- The Wall Street Journal ""Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on -- when you boil it down -- why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means."" -- ChicagoTribune ""Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and our most lofty spiritual aspirations."" -- The National Post"
Author Information
Sabine Melchior-Bonnet is an instructor at the College de France in Paris. This is her first work to be published in English.
