 | Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature Subjects: Animals in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature; English literature -- Early modern 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; European literature -- Renaissance 1450–1600 -- History and criticism; Symbolism in literature; Animals Mythical; Animal Characters follows five species through the literature of early modern Europe. The horse, the parrot, the cat, the turkey, and the sheep all undergo a dramatic change in character as European writers begin to develop a new interest in--and understanding of--human character in its relation to literature. Bruce Thomas Boehrer is Bertram H. Davis Professor and Frances Cushing Ervin Professor of English at Florida State University. His Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
