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Symbols in life and art the Royal Society of Canada symposium in memory of George Whalley / edited by James A. Leith = Les symboles dans la vie et dans l'art : la Société royale de Canada colloque à la mémoire de George Whalley / - Kingston, Ont. : Published for the Royal Society of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)1987. - 1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations

English and French.

Includes bibliographical references.

""Contents/Table des MatiÃ?res""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Remerciements""; ""The Symbol as a Medium of Exchange""; ""Symbols of Unity and Integration""; ""Steel Syntax: The Railroad as Symbol in Canadian Poetry""; ""Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Albert Aurier: The Perception of Life in Death""; ""La Fonction des Mythes Dynamiques dans la Construction de l'Imaginaire Social""; ""Symbols in Religion""; ""Symbols in the French Revolution: The Strange Metamorphoses of the Triangle""; ""Le Statut du Symbole dans la PoÃ(c)sie de la Renaissance""; ""Reflections""



ISBN: 9780773561434

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Symbolism--Congresses.
Symbolism in art--Congresses.
Arts--Congresses.
Symbolism.
Symbolism in art.
Arts.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: BH301 / .S963 1987