| Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez: An Animal Studies Reading of Early Modern Spain Contributor(s): Beusterien, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 113827190X ISBN-13: 9781138271906 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance |
| Dewey: 863.3 |
| Series: New Hispanisms |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.52 lbs) 162 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The study of the creation of canine breeds in early modern Europe, especially Spain, illustrates the different constructs against which notions of human identity were forged. This book is the first comprehensive history of early modern Spanish dogs and it evaluates how two of Spain's most celebrated and canonical cultural figures of this period, the artist Diego Vel zquez and the author Miguel de Cervantes, radically question humankind's sixteenth-century anthropocentric self-fashioning. In general, this study illuminates how Animal Studies can offer new perspectives to understanding Hispanism, giving readers a fresh approach to the historical, literary and artistic complexity of early modern Spain. |