Animal characters: nonhuman beings in early modern literature

"Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird Bruce Thomas Boehrer" ""As both a fiction writer and a lover of parrots, I was delighted and enlightened by Parrot Culture. This is an enchanting book."---Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent fro...

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Main Author: Boehrer, Bruce Thomas 1956- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.] University of Pennsylvania Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Reviews:[Rezension von: Boehrer, Bruce Thomas, Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature] (2012) (Barker, S. K.)
Series/Journal:Haney Foundation series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Animals (Motif) / Literature / Written works / History 1400-1700
Further subjects:B Characters and characteristics in literature
B European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism
B Animals, Mythical, in literature
B Animals in art
B Animals in literature
B Symbolism in literature
B European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism

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