| The Parliament of Animals: Anecdotes and Legends from Books of Natural History, 1775-1900 Contributor(s): Sax, Boria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0944473075 ISBN-13: 9780944473078 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Nature | Animals - General |
| Dewey: 398.245 |
| LCCN: 92-6196 |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book represents a scholarly treatise on folkloric and literary narratives of animals. Useful select bibliographies on zoology, literature, folklore and language conclude these introductory comments which are followed by intriguing fables, legends, anecdotes and literary works concerning the animals under discussion. The book is thus a novel approach to the fascinating subject of the depiction of animals in prose writings over many centuries, giving scholarly information while at the same time providing a splendid collection of readable and enjoyable narratives from anonymous or known authors. It is exactly this all-inclusive approach to animal narratives that makes this book by Boria Sax such worthwhile reading for naturalists, folklorists, cultural historians, literary scholars, and last but not least, the interested generalists. |