{"product_id":"9783032175212","title":"Metamorphosis in Nature and the Arts Ecstases of Matter and Image","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMetamorphosis in Nature and the Arts\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEcstases of Matter and Image\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNicoletta Isar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_xmsonormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis edited collection explores the concept of metamorphosis across art history, image theory, literary studies, and philosophy. By examining the shifting meanings of metamorphosis in nature, the arts, and technology, this book reveals the traces and ecstases of matter and body in transformation. It asks how images associated with elemental states—terrestrial, aquatic, and ethereal—have commingled throughout history, creating poetic fields of morphic resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_xmsonormal\"\u003eThe chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the wonders of nature, the occult dimension of nature's artistry, and the vitalizing power of metamorphosis as a principle of life and art. The authors critically engage with philosophical concepts such as genesis, movement, hybridity, and trans-corporeality to reveal unexpected dimensions of metamorphosis, explore the miracles of transmutation of matter in ancient thought, and use new theoretical tools to examine modern ideas of evolution and the metaphysics of mixture addressed within the aesthetics of wonderment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eNicoletta Isar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003edocteur ès lettres\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, is \u003c\/span\u003eAssociate Professor Emerita at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. A scholar of Comparative Imagination and Cultural Imaginary Theory, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Adam\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eElemental Chorology\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), and \u003cem\u003ePhenomenology, New Materialism, and Advances in the Pulsatile Imaginary: Rites of Disimagination\u003c\/em\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032175212\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e422\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45444701716620,"sku":"9783032175212","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032175212.jpg?v=1781088084","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032175212","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}