This book argues that the seemingly eclipsed traditional use of animal symbols as a functioning grammar in world art, literature and culture has been effectively adopted by exponents of modern literature and that cultures such as India and China apprehend reality through such symbols. The book examines the animal symbols of the fable, the bestiary, the beast satire and myth and ritual as revivified in the work of Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot and Franz Kafka and as evoked in Hinduism and traditional Chinese ...
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This book argues that the seemingly eclipsed traditional use of animal symbols as a functioning grammar in world art, literature and culture has been effectively adopted by exponents of modern literature and that cultures such as India and China apprehend reality through such symbols. The book examines the animal symbols of the fable, the bestiary, the beast satire and myth and ritual as revivified in the work of Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot and Franz Kafka and as evoked in Hinduism and traditional Chinese culture.
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Add this copy of The Inheritance of Animal Symbols in Modern Literature to cart. $17.00, like new condition, Sold by RPL Library Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Peter Lang.
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1989, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publisher:
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published:
1988
Language:
English
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Fine. No Dust Jacket as Issued. Size: 6 x 8 3/4 "; FINE/ NO DUST JACKET as issued. 161 pages, indexed; , notes, black and white photos. Text is clean and unmarked. Green laminated paper boards with white insert and black lettering. No wear to covers or spine which is tight and sound. American University Studies, Series XIX; General Literature.
Add this copy of The Inheritance of Animal Symbols in Modern Literature to cart. $43.34, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Peter Lang Inc., International.
Edition:
1989, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
