Perceiving Animals: Humans and Beasts in Early Modern English Culture - Hardcover

Erica Fudge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333728122 ISBN 13: 9780333728123

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

"The boundaries between human and beast forged a rugged philosophical landscape across early modern England. Spectators gathered in London's Bear Garden to watch the callous and brutal baiting of animals. A wave of "new" scientists performed vivisections on live animals to learn more about the human body." In Perceiving Animals, the British scholar Erica Fudge traces the dangers and problems of anthropocentrism in texts written from 1558 to 1649. Meticulous examinations of scientific, legal, political, literary, and religious writings offer unique and fascinating depictions of human perceptions about the natural world.

About this title

About the Author

Erica Fudge is Lecturer in the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University College.

Review

"This innovative work uses animals to rethink humans and concepts of humanity in new and compelling ways, from the gripping first chapter, 'Screaming Monkeys,' to the metaphorical bull-baiting of the Epilogue. A stimulating and important addition to the cultural history of early modern England." -- Barry Reay, professor of history at the University of Auckland and author of Popular Cultures in England, 1550-1750

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333728122
• ISBN 13: 9780333728123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248