Part One: The Origin of the Mirror Chapter 1: The Secret of Venice Chapter 2: The Royal Glass and Mirror and Glass Company Chapter 3: From Luxury to Necessity Part Two: The Magic of Resemblance Chapter 4: In the Semblance of God Chapter 5: The Triumph of Mimesis Chapter 6: Staring at the Self in Order to Imagine the Self Part Three: Troubling Strangeness Chapter 7: The Devil's Distorted Faces Chapter 8: Oblique Mirrors and Specular Trickery Chapter 9: Mirror Fragments Conclusion
Sabine Melchior-Bonnet is an instructor at the College de France in Paris. This is her first work to be published in English.
"An engagingly written work, well worth reading." -- Choice
"The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection
of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror
in European imagination." -- LosAngeles Times
"Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The
Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details
of European social history." -- The Wall Street Journal
"Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and
turned it into a unique historical treatise on -- when you boil it
down -- why human beings like to look at themselves and what that
instinct means." -- ChicagoTribune
"Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about
our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and
our most lofty spiritual aspirations." -- The National Post
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