Boehrer Animal Characters

Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8122-0136-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Haney Foundation Series

Animal Characters follows five species through the literature of early modern Europe. The horse, the parrot, the cat, the turkey, and the sheep all undergo a dramatic change in character as European writers begin to develop a new interest in—and understanding of—human character in its relation to literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boehrer, Bruce Thomas

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Thomas Boehrer is Bertram H. Davis Professor and Frances Cushing Ervin Professor of English at Florida State University. His Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.