Early modern zoology : the construction of animals in science, literature and the visual arts / edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel and Paul J. Smith.

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TextLanguage: English, French, German Series: Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 7.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (2 volumes (xxvii, 648 pages)) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789047422365
9047422368

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Early modern zoology.DDC classification:

590.9 22

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QL15 .E27 2007eb

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20.21
42.01

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Contents:

VOLUME ONE; List of Illustrations; Notes on the Editors; List of Contributors; Introduction (Karl A.E. Enenkel -- Paul J. Smith); Colour Plates; ZOOLOGY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EARLY MODERN SCIENCE; THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMALIN ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTENTS VOLUME TWO; THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMAL IN ITS EARLY MODERN USE AND ABUSE; THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMAL IN LITERATURE AND IN THE VISUAL ARTS; Index Nominum.

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Summary: How does man define his relation to the animal world? Which aspects are considered important, which are suppressed? This volume intends to present a discussion of the representation of animals in literary, pictorial and scholarly discourses, in the historical and material context of early modern Europe.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapters in English, with 2 in German and 1 in French.

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How does man define his relation to the animal world? Which aspects are considered important, which are suppressed? This volume intends to present a discussion of the representation of animals in literary, pictorial and scholarly discourses, in the historical and material context of early modern Europe.

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