Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human
by Boria Sax
Imaginary Animals examines the powerful role invented creatures play in human culture. Moving between ideas of the monstrous and the wondrous, Boria Sax considers how imagined animals can illuminate human hopes, fears, beliefs, and changing ideas about the natural world.
About This Book
Imaginary Animals explores the enduring place of invented creatures in human thought and culture.
Framed around the monstrous, the wondrous, and the human, the book considers how imagined animals can reflect the ways people understand the world.
Boria Sax offers a broad, reflective subject for readers interested in animals, imagination, symbolism, and cultural history.
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