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    The Early Modern Species Translated: Understanding Species Adjacency in Early Modern Texts

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    Albrecht, Stephanie Elizabeth
    Advisor
    Kaplan, Lindsay M
    Abstract
    This thesis explores attitudes toward nonhuman species in an effort to account for the acceptance of talking and reasoning animals in pre-Cartesian literature. It analyzes early modern Bestiaries and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to see how various species are addressed in different genres and conventions. Through these explorations we see that the human-animal divide, rather than staying rigid as one expects, is marked by its fluidity and acceptance of shared traits.
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    M.A.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1053059
    Date Published
    2018
    Subject
    A Midsummer Night's Dream; Animal Studies; Bestiary; Early Modern; Shakespeare; British literature; Irish literature; English literature; English literature;
    Type
    thesis
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    68 leaves
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