Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez

An Animal Studies Reading of Early Modern Spain

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Canines in Cervantes and Velázquez by John Beusterien, Taylor and Francis
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Author: John Beusterien ISBN: 9781317169956
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 8, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: John Beusterien
ISBN: 9781317169956
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 8, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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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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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