Human-Animal Interactions in the Eighteenth Century: From Pests and Predators to Pets, Poems and Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004448721 ISBN 13 : 9789004448728

Editeur : Brill, 2021

Synopsis

How did humans respond to the eighteenth-century discovery of countless new species of animals? This book explores the gamut of human-animal interactions: from love to cultural identifications, moral reflections, philosophical debates, classification systems, mechanical copies, insults and literary creativity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stefanie Stockhorst is Professor for Early Modern German Literature at the University of Potsdam. She was President of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2014–18; 2008–10 Vice-President) and is an Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) since 2019. Jürgen Overhoff is Professor for the History of Education at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He is President of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2018) and Delegate Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) since 2018. Penelope J. Corfield is Professor Emeritus of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University UK, and President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her writings focus upon British social, cultural and urban history in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as general theories of history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004448721
• ISBN 13: 9789004448728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Éditeur: Stockhorst Stefanie, Overhoff Jürgen, Corfield Penelope J.
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