Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature (Haney Foundation Series)

by Bruce Thomas Boehrer (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $63.36

  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.