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050 00 $aPR9199.3.D48$bZ46 2004
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100 1 $aDewdney, Christopher,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83319038
245 10 $aAcquainted with the night :$bexcursions through the world after dark /$cChristopher Dewdney.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury :$bDistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,$c2004.
300 $a313 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"We prepare for it each evening, and spend half our lives in its embrace, yet night retains its mystery. Weaving together science and storytelling, art and anthropology, Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of night, from dusk to dawn, and serve as points of departure for some of night's central themes: sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, astronomy, nightclubs, sleep and dreams, the graveyard shift, the art of darkness, and endless nights." "From Vincent Van Gogh's insomnia to black holes, from Greek goddesses to Freud, from Shakespeare to Dracula, Dewdney illuminates all of night's dark corners. Throughout are observations about night writers, artists, and scientists. What emerges is a wide-ranging investigation into the way night shapes human experience."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aDewdney, Christopher,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83319038
650 0 $aPoets, Canadian$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109437
650 0 $aNight in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091905
650 0 $aNight.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091900
650 6 $aNuit dans la littérature.
650 6 $aNuit.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol054/2003023167.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003023167.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023167.html
852 00 $bglx$hPR9199.3.D48$iZ46 2004