Myth and Menagerie by Katie Hornstein
An innovative examination of encounters between humans and lions and representations of these charismatic animals in the visual culture of postrevolutionary France
“A brilliant but also sobering analysis of the images produced by and around a ‘man-made ecological disaster’ It is also an intensely personal book.”—Tom Stammers, APOLLO
“Extraordinarily well-researched and a deeply engrossing read, Myth and Menagerie moves across textual and visual artifacts with great fluency, bringing readers as close as possible to the once-living lions who inspired the book.”—Natania Meeker, University of Southern California
“Hornstein accords lions the dignity, empathy, and respect that they were habitually denied in the period and have rarely received in historical scholarship. Myth and Menagerie is an achievement for its originality and the depth with which it examines lion-human interactions.”—David O’Brien, author of Exiled in Modernity: Delacroix, Civilization, and Barbarism
“Extraordinarily well-researched and a deeply engrossing read, Myth and Menagerie moves across textual and visual artifacts with great fluency, bringing readers as close as possible to the once-living lions who inspired the book.”—Natania Meeker, University of Southern California
“Hornstein accords lions the dignity, empathy, and respect that they were habitually denied in the period and have rarely received in historical scholarship. Myth and Menagerie is an achievement for its originality and the depth with which it examines lion-human interactions.”—David O’Brien, author of Exiled in Modernity: Delacroix, Civilization, and Barbarism
Katie Hornstein is associate professor of art history at Dartmouth College and author of Picturing War in France, 1792–1856.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300253207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300253206 |
| Title | Myth and Menagerie |
| Author | Katie Hornstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2024-01-09 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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