Book of the Sphinx (Texts and Contexts)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780803239562
Subjects: Sphinxes (Mythology) in litera; Sociology; Literary Criticism; Sphinxes (Mythology) in literature; Sphinxes (Mythology); Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; General; History; Literary Criticism & Collections / General
Description: "Pursuing the Sphinx through kaleidoscopic sightings and encyclopedic observations, Willis Goth Regier plumbs the symbol's mysteries, conducting the reader down ever more perplexing and intriguing paths. His highly idiosyncratic tour of the ages and the arts leads at last to a conception of the Sphinx that embraces nothing less than all that is unknowable - proving once again that confronting a Sphinx is one of the most dangerous and exhilarating adventures of the imagination."--Jacket.