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#x97;leads you to where the nectar hides. ... He wisely roams, extracting an anthology of poetry, prose, psychology, historymost of all,...

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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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