Rose Lore: Essays in Semiotics and Cultural History

by Frankie Hutton

Throughout history and across cultures, important figures such as Nostradamas in France, Daniel Andreeve in Russia, Dr. Edward Bach in England, and Dr. Tomin Harada in Japan have brought to light the symbolic and medicinal qualities of the rose. Written by scholars and researchers from diverse backgrounds, the essays in Rose Lore are a rendering of global cultural history, literature, and metaphysics, woven together in a collection that will be valuable to several disciplines. The essays present numerous qualities of the rose as a symbol with broad cultural, social, and historical from astrology, to the history of Catholicism, to the new anti-Female Genital Mutilation global movement.

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1955

Reviews

[Carlos West · Rating 4 out of 5]

This e-book edition as presented here has the subtitle in reverse. It should be, Essays in Cultural History and Semiotics. The 1st publication of the book was 2008, so obviously the date of the e-book, 1955, is incorrect. For the full review see the hardcover edition. The book is also on cd in an abridged format, wonderfully read by Frankie Hutton, Peter Millrose and Monty Taylor.