Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez

Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781317169956
ISBN-13 : 1317169956
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Book Synopsis Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez by : John Beusterien

Download or read book Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez written by John Beusterien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Velázquez 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.


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