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Imperfect creatures : vermin, literature, and the sciences of life, 1600-1740 / / Lucinda Cole
| Imperfect creatures : vermin, literature, and the sciences of life, 1600-1740 / / Lucinda Cole |
| Autore | Cole Lucinda |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.43 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Animals in literature Insects in literature Literature and science - History - 17th century Literature and science - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
0-472-90063-3
0-472-12155-3 |
| Classificazione | NAT001000LIT019000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reading beneath the Grain -- Rats, Witches, Miasma, and Early Modern Theories of Contagion -- Swarming Things: Dearth and the Plagues of Egypt in Wither and Cowley -- "Observe the Frog": Imperfect Creatures, Neuroanatomy, and the Problem of the Human -- Libertine Biopolitics: Dogs, Bitches, and Parasites in Shadwell, Rochester, and Gay -- What Happened to the Rats? Hoarding, Hunger, and Storage on Crusoe's Island -- Afterword: We Have Never Been Perfect. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Vermin, literature, and the sciences of life, 1600-1740 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136353803321 |
Cole Lucinda
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| Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poetics of the hive [[electronic resource] ] : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth
| Poetics of the hive [[electronic resource] ] : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth |
| Autore | Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.9336257 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects in literature
Insects - Symbolic aspects Bees in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58729-403-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Alphabet of the Bees; 1 From Homer to Virgil: Hiving the Dark Swarm; 2 From Dante to Milton:The Hive Translated, Then Damned; 3 The Hive, the Fable, and the Imagination ofShadow; 4 The Other as Insect; 5 The Self as Insect; 6 Postmodern Versions of the Self as Insect; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450811203321 |
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Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poetics of the hive [[electronic resource] ] : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth
| Poetics of the hive [[electronic resource] ] : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth |
| Autore | Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.9336257 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects in literature
Insects - Symbolic aspects Bees in literature |
| ISBN | 1-58729-403-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Alphabet of the Bees; 1 From Homer to Virgil: Hiving the Dark Swarm; 2 From Dante to Milton:The Hive Translated, Then Damned; 3 The Hive, the Fable, and the Imagination ofShadow; 4 The Other as Insect; 5 The Self as Insect; 6 Postmodern Versions of the Self as Insect; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777442603321 |
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Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poetics of the hive : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth
| Poetics of the hive : the insect metaphor in literature / / Cristopher Hollingsworth |
| Autore | Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.9336257 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects in literature
Insects - Symbolic aspects Bees in literature |
| ISBN | 1-58729-403-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Alphabet of the Bees; 1 From Homer to Virgil: Hiving the Dark Swarm; 2 From Dante to Milton:The Hive Translated, Then Damned; 3 The Hive, the Fable, and the Imagination ofShadow; 4 The Other as Insect; 5 The Self as Insect; 6 Postmodern Versions of the Self as Insect; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821091303321 |
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Hollingsworth Cristopher <1961->
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| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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