The Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor

by Veronica della Dora

The term mantle has inspired philosophers, geographers, and theologians and shaped artists' and mapmakers' visual vocabularies for thousands of years. According to Veronica della Dora, mantle is the "metaphor par excellence, for it unfolds between the seen and the unseen as a threshold and as a point of tension." Featuring numerous illustrations, The Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor is an intellectual history of the term...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022674129X
• ISBN13: 9780226741291
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.9"