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 Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xv, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Occhiacci di legno. English |
| Series | European 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-245) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001017407 |
| ISBN | 0231119607 (cloth : alk. paper) |