Famous Animals.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 22137 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 330 p., black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2008 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782869598270 |
Long neglected by historians, animals are now a subject of study in their own right. Considered in their relationship with humans, they teach us a thousand things about society, the economy, culture, religious and symbolic life. Michel Pastoureau has chosen forty famous animals here. Some really existed (Hannibal's elephants, the Beast of Gévaudan), others are borrowed from the Bible (Jonah's whale), from mythology (the Minautore), still others from literature (Flaubert's parrot) or from the reality of our world, including the Loch Ness Monster and Felix the Cat...
Long neglected by historians, animals are now a subject of study in their own right. Considered in their relationship with humans, they teach us a thousand things about society, the economy, culture, religious and symbolic life. Michel Pastoureau has chosen forty famous animals here. Some really existed (Hannibal's elephants, the Beast of Gévaudan), others are borrowed from the Bible (Jonah's whale), from mythology (the Minautore), still others from literature (Flaubert's parrot) or from the reality of our world, including the Loch Ness Monster and Felix the Cat...