Spider [electronic resource] / Katarzyna and Sergiusz Michalski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Animal (Reaktion Books)Publication details: London : Reaktion Books, 2010.Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 595.44 22
LOC classification:
  • QL458.4 .M53 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere -- Some basic zoological facts -- Arachnophobia -- Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition -- The femme fatale and eroticism -- Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois -- Spiders in art and caricature -- Myth and folklore -- Urban legends -- Spider goes Hollywood.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes Web resources (p. 217).

Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere -- Some basic zoological facts -- Arachnophobia -- Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition -- The femme fatale and eroticism -- Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois -- Spiders in art and caricature -- Myth and folklore -- Urban legends -- Spider goes Hollywood.

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