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Ocean bestiary: meeting marine life from abalone to orca to zooplankton

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What is a bestiary? In classical and medieval times, the bestiary described both familiar and exotic creatures, combining natural history with folklore and moral lessons. A medieval bestiary will tell us that the wolf, for example, is a predator of the earth and sometimes the sky, strong in shoulders and jaw, who cunningly approaches its prey upwind. In the dark, its shining eyes are strangely beautiful, an allegory for the temptations of the devil (https:// bestiary .ca/index.html). Richard J. King’s bestiary contributes to a lively tradition of writing about our human relationship to the natural world. The ancient bestiary’s patterns of knowledge and wonder survive in new ways as tales for our times, with collections of beastlore in nature writing, in literature, music, and popular culture. Amid contemporary environmental damage to oceans, it seems fitting that King should take the bestiary to sea. What lessons might we draw now from a new alphabet of curiosities, recording a world still so mysterious to us?

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Oceans in Depth

No. Panggil

591.77 RIC o

Penerbit

London : The University of Chicago Press., 2023

Deskripsi Fisik

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Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780226825809

Klasifikasi

591.77

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

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FPIK
ebook
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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Richard J. King

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