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Our dogs, our selves : dogs in Medieval and early modern art, literature, and society / edited by Laura D. Gelfand.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 6.Publisher: Boston : Brill, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004328617
  • 9004328610
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Our dogs, our selves.DDC classification:
  • 700/.462977209 23
LOC classification:
  • NX650.D63
Online resources:
Contents:
Literal and Literary Dogs -- Signs, Symbols and Dogs -- Love and Dogs -- Death and Dogs -- Good Dogs and Bad Dogs.
Summary: The ubiquity of references to dogs in medieval and early modern texts and images must at some level reflect their actual presence in those worlds, yet scholarly consideration of this material is rare and scattered across diverse sources. This volume addresses that gap, bringing together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting, sculpture, manuscripts, literature, and legal records of the period, reaching beyond Europe to include cultural material from medieval Japan and Islam. While primarily art historical in focus, the authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and with varying methodology that ultimately reveals as much about dogs as about the societies in which they lived.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Literal and Literary Dogs -- Signs, Symbols and Dogs -- Love and Dogs -- Death and Dogs -- Good Dogs and Bad Dogs.

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The ubiquity of references to dogs in medieval and early modern texts and images must at some level reflect their actual presence in those worlds, yet scholarly consideration of this material is rare and scattered across diverse sources. This volume addresses that gap, bringing together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting, sculpture, manuscripts, literature, and legal records of the period, reaching beyond Europe to include cultural material from medieval Japan and Islam. While primarily art historical in focus, the authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and with varying methodology that ultimately reveals as much about dogs as about the societies in which they lived.

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