Author : John Lash
Release : 1993
Genre : Art and mythology
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 422/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Twins and the Double by : John Lash
Download or read book Twins and the Double written by John Lash. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing the other in the guise of twin or double, one might sense a threat to the idea of personal identity, yet people are teased and delighted by the odd prospect of becoming otherwise. Twins arouse a sense of awe in many societies around the world. Jacob and Esau, Horus and Set, Jekyll and Hyde - all these and many more are recurrent pairs who lure us into the world found through the looking glass.