Relic

Name: Relic
Brand: Ed (Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Simon
SKU: 9798765102282
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by Ed (Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Simon

Title:

Relic

Author:

Ed (Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Simon

Series (if any):

Object Lessons

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

136 pages

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

ISBN-13:

9798765102282

EAN:

9798765102282

Publication Date:

11/01/2024

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

246

Dimensions (mm):

122 x 165 x 15

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.74

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Description

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a significance which stretches beyond their literal importance. Whether the bone of a Catholic martyr, the tooth of a Buddhist lama, or the cloak of a Sufi saint, relics are material conduits to the immaterial world. Yet relics aren''t just a feature of religion. The exact same sense of the transcendent animates objects of political, historical, and cultural significance.From Abraham Lincoln''s death mask to Vladimir Lenin''s embalmed corpse, Emily Dickinson''s envelopes to Jimi Hendrix''s guitar pick, relics are the objects which the faithful understand as being more than just objects. Material things of sacred importance, relics are indicative of a culture''s deepest values. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.