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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Michalska, Katarzyna
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Michalski, Sergiusz
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion Books, 2010.
Series:	Animal (Reaktion Books)
Subjects:	Spiders. Spiders > Folklore. Spiders > Mythology. Spiders in art. Animals in literature. Animals in motion pictures. Spiders > Symbolic aspects. Spiders > Psychological aspects. Human-animal relationships. Animals and civilization. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere
Some basic zoological facts
Arachnophobia
Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition
The femme fatale and eroticism
Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois
Spiders in art and caricature
Myth and folklore
Urban legends
Spider goes Hollywood.