Birds and creaturely hierarchies in Renaissance literature :
Bach, Rebecca Ann
Birds and creaturely hierarchies in Renaissance literature : Shakespeare, Descartes, and animal studies / by Rebecca Ann Bach. - ix,215 p. ill ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: inequality for all -- Feathers, wings, and souls -- The creaturely continuum in A midsummer night's dream -- The lively creaturely/object world of The rape of Lucrece -- Falstaff and "the modern constitution" -- The winter's tale's pedestrian and elite creatures -- Conclusion: human grandiosity/ human responsibility.
9781138673007 (alk. paper)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Animals in literature.
Birds in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
809.93362 / BAB
Birds and creaturely hierarchies in Renaissance literature : Shakespeare, Descartes, and animal studies / by Rebecca Ann Bach. - ix,215 p. ill ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: inequality for all -- Feathers, wings, and souls -- The creaturely continuum in A midsummer night's dream -- The lively creaturely/object world of The rape of Lucrece -- Falstaff and "the modern constitution" -- The winter's tale's pedestrian and elite creatures -- Conclusion: human grandiosity/ human responsibility.
9781138673007 (alk. paper)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Animals in literature.
Birds in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
809.93362 / BAB