Bach, Rebecca Ann. Birds and other creatures in Renaissance literature : Shakespeare, Descartes, and animal studies

Folger bibliographic ID: 352774
Folger call number: PR428.A55 B33 2018
Folger holdings ID: 501330

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents

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

Extended title: Birds and other creatures in Renaissance literature : Shakespeare, Descartes, and animal studies / Rebecca Ann Bach

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 English literature Animals in literature Birds in literature Human-animal relationships in literature

author: Bach, Rebecca Ann
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616