Renaissance Beasts
Publisher： University of Illinois Press
Publication year： 2004
E-ISBN: 9780252091339
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780252028809
Subject： I Literature
Keyword： 文学
Language： ENG
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Description
_x000B_Animals, as Levi-Strauss wrote, are good to think with. This collection addresses and reassesses the variety of ways in which animals were used and thought about in Renaissance culture, challenging contemporary as well as historical views of the boundaries and hierarchies humans presume the natural world to contain. Through analysis of texts by writers including Calvin, Montaigne, Sidney, Shakespeare, Descartes, Boyle, and Locke, Renaissance Beasts uncovers new and arresting interpretations of Renaissance culture and the broader social assumptions glimpsed through views on matters such as pet ownership and meat consumption.