Poetics of the hive : the insect metaphor in literature /

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"Cris Hollingsworth's waggle dance after scouting the rangiest field of literature--Virgil and Homer down to Milton and Swift, on to Plath and Byatt leads you to where the nectar hides. ... He wisely roams, extracting an anthology of poetry, prose, psychology, historymost of all, perceptio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hollingsworth, Cristopher, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Insects in literature.
Insects > Symbolic aspects.
Bees in literature.
Insectes dans la littérature.
Insectes > Aspect symbolique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Bees in literature
Insects in literature
Insects > Symbolic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Alphabet of the Bees
  • From Homer to Virgil: Hiving the Dark Swarm
  • From Dante to Milton:The Hive Translated, Then Damned
  • The Hive, the Fable, and the Imagination of Shadow
  • The Other as Insect
  • The Self as Insect
  • Postmodern Versions of the Self as Insect.

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