Animal Symbolism in Hispanic Literature : From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

• Autore: Beck Lauren
• Pubblicazione: Woodbridge : , : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, , 2026; ©2026
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Soggetto topico: LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General
• Soggetto non controllato: Hispanic Literature; Animal Symbolism; Early Modern Era; Colonizing Gaze; Decolonizing Hispanophone; Social Unrest; Spanish Authors; Latin American Authors; Illustrators; Graphic Artists; Monstrous; Human Identities
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Introduction Animal Symbolism in Hispanic Literature: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present D -- Part I Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries - The First Proverbial Transatlantic Zoo -- 1 The Transatlantic Bestiaries of Felipe Guamán Poma (Waman Puma), c. 1615 -- 2 Monsters, American Animals, and Mirabilia in Gerónimo de Huerta and his Translation of the Natura -- 3 (In)Human Nature: Discourses over the Distinctions between Man and Beast in the Indigenous-Langu -- 4 "La natural inclinación se olvida:" Animal Transformation in Cervantes -- Part II Twentieth Century - Prowling for Pathways Toward a New Future -- 5 Uncanny Urodeles: The Case of Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" -- 6 Animal Skins/Human Souls: Figurations of the Jaguar in Contemporary Brazilian and Spanish Americ -- 7 Of Nahuals and Angels: Neoliberal Reinterpretations and Transnational Mythology in Édgar Clément' -- 8 "Fausto" and Marina: Cats, Sickness, and Twentieth-Century Spain -- Part III: Twenty-First Century - In the Beast's Clothing -- 9 Animal Adventures for Gabriela Cabezón Cámara's China Iron -- 10 Colonizing Monsters and Decolonizing Beasts: The Case of Mariana Enríquez's Our Share of Night -- 11 Forms of the Beast: The Figure of the Werewolf in Three Recent Mexican Novels -- 12 Animal Metaphors and Gender Violence in Contemporary Spain: (Non)Fictional Narratives -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Whether axolotl, jaguars, or giant snakes, animals have often had the human experience grafted onto them, in a conscious or unconscious reflection of a society's beliefs, ambitions, and inequalities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Animal Symbolism in Hispanic Literature
• ISBN: 1-80543-985-5; 1-80543-984-7; 9781805439844
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911085312103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Monografías A Series