Front cover image for Perceiving animals : humans and beasts in early modern English culture

Perceiving animals : humans and beasts in early modern English culture

Traces the dangers and problems of anthropocentrism in texts written from 1558 to 1649. This title examines scientific, legal, political, literary, and religious writings that offer depictions of human perceptions about the natural world. It probes issues of animal ownership and biological and spiritual superiority in early modern England.
Print Book, English, 2002
1st Illinois pbk View all formats and editions
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2002
X, 233 p. il.c22 cm
9780252070686, 0252070682
1015877956
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