图书标签: 英文 美国文学 动物学 BoriaSax
发表于2024-09-22
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Though people generally do not think of them in such terms, crows are remarkably graceful: from the tip of a crow's beak to the end of its tail is a single curve, which changes rhythmically as the crow turns its head or bends toward the ground. Foraging on their long, powerful legs, crows appear to glide over the earth; they take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily, ascending into the air like spirits. Nevertheless, the whiskers around their beaks and an apparent smile make crows, in a scruffy sort of way, endearingly 'human'. In a vast range of cultures from the Chinese to the Hopi Indians, crows are bearers of prophecy. Because of their courtship dances and monogamous unions, the Greeks invoked crows at weddings as symbols of conjugal love. Crows are among the most ubiquitous of birds, yet, without being in the least exotic, they remain mysterious. This book is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies and their relatives in myth, literature and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian novels and contemporary films. It will be of interest to all people who have ever been intrigued, puzzled, annoyed or charmed by these wonderfully intelligent birds.
Boria Sax is lecturer in literature at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and is the founder of the organization Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS). He has published many books on images of animals in human culture including Animals in the Third Reich (2000) and The Mythical Zoo (2001).
原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
评分原来有很多人在倾心研究乌鸦哎……
出乎意料,《乌鸦》这本书竟然比《隼》好读,可能是因为里面梵高和高更的画,爱伦坡的意象。也可能是辛普森一家13集中的乌鸦之王,可能是火影忍者中的宇智波家的鼬。还可能是儿时村口的活生生的枯藤老树昏鸦们。 即使同样的飞行,她没有隼的凌厉;即使同样住在楼顶,却毫无凌...
评分出乎意料,《乌鸦》这本书竟然比《隼》好读,可能是因为里面梵高和高更的画,爱伦坡的意象。也可能是辛普森一家13集中的乌鸦之王,可能是火影忍者中的宇智波家的鼬。还可能是儿时村口的活生生的枯藤老树昏鸦们。 即使同样的飞行,她没有隼的凌厉;即使同样住在楼顶,却毫无凌...
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评分出乎意料,《乌鸦》这本书竟然比《隼》好读,可能是因为里面梵高和高更的画,爱伦坡的意象。也可能是辛普森一家13集中的乌鸦之王,可能是火影忍者中的宇智波家的鼬。还可能是儿时村口的活生生的枯藤老树昏鸦们。 即使同样的飞行,她没有隼的凌厉;即使同样住在楼顶,却毫无凌...
Crow pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024