Wooden eyes : nine reflections on distance / Carlo Ginzburg ; translated by Martin Ryle and Kate Soper.

Author/creator Ginzburg, Carlo
Other author Ryle, Martin H.
Other author Soper, Kate.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxv, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleOcchiacci di legno. English
SeriesEuropean perspectives
European perspectives. ^A226071
Contents Making it strange : the prehistory of a literary device -- Myth : distance and deceit -- Representation : the word, the thing, the idea -- Ecce : on the scriptural roots of Christian devotional imagery -- Idols and likenesses : a passage in Origen and its vicissitudes -- Style : inclusion and exclusion -- Distance and perspective : two metaphors -- To kill a Chinese mandarin : the moral implications of distance -- Pope Wojtyla's slip.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-245) and index.
LCCN 2001017407
ISBN0231119607 (cloth : alk. paper)