The Idea of North
by Peter Davidson
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As with the compass needle, so people have always been most powerfully attracted northwards; everyone carries within them their own concept of north. The Idea of North is a study, ranging widely in time and place, of some of the ways in which these ideas have found expression.Tags
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Il nord è il punto geografico con cui ci orientiamo, è la direzione indicata dalle nostre bussole, ma è ed è stato sempre il luogo privilegiato dall'immaginario individuale e di tanti popoli e culture. Esploratori, geografi, letterati hanno rivolto i loro progetti e coltivato aneliti verso il nord. Così come la mitologia, le antiche saghe, fiabe e racconti ci hanno consegnato questa meta come dimensione fantastica, talvolta terrifica dimora del male, silenziosa nemica della vita, altre volte incantevole e dolce regno della quiete e della bellezza. Come tutti i luoghi remoti, il nord si presenta a noi ancora oggi come meta estrema, irraggiungibile, l'ultima Thule, la terra degli Iperborei dopo la quale è il Nulla.
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Professor Peter Davidson is Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, University of Oxford
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- Canonical title
- The Idea of North
- Original publication date
- 2005
- Epigraph
- With milke-white Hartes upon an Ivorie sled
Thou shalt be drawen amidst the frosen Pooles
And scale the ysie Mountaines loftie tops. - Dedication
- For Winifred Stevenson
- First words
- The talisman that brought this book into being still lies in front of me.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)A smear of dark above a line of snow.
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
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- 809.9359148 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Literature displaying specific features, miscellaneous writings Literature displaying other aspects Literature emphasizing subjects Biography As Literature
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- G71.5 .D38 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General)
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