LEADER 04433nam 22006495 450 001 9910983364903321 005 20250207115242.0 010 $a9783031789953 010 $a3031789954 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-78995-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31900183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31900183 035 $a(CKB)37498913400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-78995-3 035 $a(OCoLC)1499721210 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937498913400041 100 $a20250207d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Cultural Lives of Greyhounds /$fby John Stokes 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (400 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Animals and Literature,$x2634-6346 311 08$a9783031789946 311 08$a3031789946 327 $a1. Introduction: Ghost Dogs -- 2. Wind Hound: greyhound as metaphor -- 3. Daphne?s Dog (Metamorphosis 1) -- 4. Diana?s Hounds (Metamorphosis 2) -- 5. Edge of the Wood: Uccello?s ?The Hunt in the Forest? -- 6. Fleeting Thoughts: the language of coursing -- 7. ?Hector?s a Greyhound?: Shakespeare?s favourite dog -- 8. ?All that leaps and runs?: Romantic pursuits -- 9. Chiens d?utilité/ Chiens de luxe: the changing status of le lévrier -- 10. ?Le lévrier, c?est moi?: identity and the modern dog -- 11. The Long Dogs go to War: conflict as sport -- 12. ?Un facio di frecce?: D?Annunzio?s decadent pack -- 13. Coursing Costumes and Deco Dianas -- 14. Cuchulain?s Breed: legends of the Celtic hound -- 15. ?Ascot it wasn?t?: victors and victims of the Irish track -- 16. Born to Lose: comic results -- 17. The Last Cockney: London says farewell -- 18. ?Gelert?s dying yell?: saviour and survivor. 330 $aThis book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the creative representation of the greyhound, from the earliest references in classical myth to multiple appearances in contemporary literature, performance and the fine arts. Each representation?whether of hunter or racer, of pet or predator?is treated not simply as a stage in some inevitable humanitarian progression but as part of a series of co-evolutionary exchanges between humans and their canine collaborators that together constitute a shared experience. Writers who have been fascinated by greyhounds range from Shakespeare to Dryden, from William Wordsworth to George Meredith, from Marcel Proust to Colette, from William Butler Yeats to Ted Hughes and beyond. The haunting image of the breed has inspired artists such as Dürer, Hogarth and Giacometti. John Stokes is Emeritus Professor of Modern British Literature in the Department of English at King's College London, UK. His publications include In the Nineties (1990), Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles and Imitations (1996) and The French Actress and her English Audience (2005), as well as numerous academic articles and reviews. He co-edited The Cambridge Companion to the Actress (2007) and two volumes of journalism for The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (2013). He is a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Animals and Literature,$x2634-6346 606 $aInterpretation, Literary 606 $aEducation in literature 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aArt$xHistory 606 $aLiterary Interpretation 606 $aLiterature and Pedagogy 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aArt History 615 0$aInterpretation, Literary. 615 0$aEducation in literature. 615 0$aEcocriticism. 615 0$aArt$xHistory. 615 14$aLiterary Interpretation. 615 24$aLiterature and Pedagogy. 615 24$aEcocriticism. 615 24$aArt History. 676 $a809.933629772 700 $aStokes$b John$0188867 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910983364903321 996 $aThe Cultural Lives of Greyhounds$94317523 997 $aUNINA