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Copyright © 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boehrer, Bruce Thomas. Animal characters : nonhuman beings in early modern literature / Bruce Thomas Boehrer. p. cm. — (Haney Foundation series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4249-2 (acid-free paper) 1. Animals in literature. 2. Characters and characteristics in literature. 3. English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 4. European literature—Renaissance, 1450–1600— History and criticism. 5. Symbolism in literature. 6. Animals, Mythical, in literature. 7. Animals in art. I. Title. PR149.A7B64 2010 820.9'374—dc22 2010004557 ...

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