The Cultural Lives of Greyhounds

The Cultural Lives of Greyhounds

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Hlavní autor:	Stokes, John (Autor)
Korporativní autor:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Shrnutí:	XIX, 348 p. 39 illus. in color. text
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Vydání:	1st ed. 2025.
Edice:	Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature,
Témata:	Interpretation, Literary. Education in literature. Ecocriticism. Art > History. Literary Interpretation. Literature and Pedagogy. Art History.
On-line přístup:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78995-3
Médium:	Elektronický zdroj E-kniha

Obsah:

1. Introduction: Ghost Dogs
2. Wind Hound: greyhound as metaphor
3. Daphne’s Dog (Metamorphosis 1)
4. Diana’s Hounds (Metamorphosis 2)
5. Edge of the Wood: Uccello’s ‘The Hunt in the Forest’
6. Fleeting Thoughts: the language of coursing
7. ‘Hector’s a Greyhound’: Shakespeare’s favourite dog
8. ‘All that leaps and runs’: Romantic pursuits
9. Chiens d’utilité/ Chiens de luxe: the changing status of le lévrier
10. ‘Le lévrier, c’est moi’: identity and the modern dog
11. The Long Dogs go to War: conflict as sport
12. ‘Un facio di frecce’: D’Annunzio’s decadent pack
13. Coursing Costumes and Deco Dianas
14. Cuchulain’s Breed: legends of the Celtic hound
15. ‘Ascot it wasn’t’: victors and victims of the Irish track
16. Born to Lose: comic results
17. The Last Cockney: London says farewell
18. ‘Gelert’s dying yell’: saviour and survivor.