Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation

263 Pages·2016·1.54 MB·

by  Debra Hawhee

Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw

RHETORIC IN TOOTH

AND CLAW
Animals, Language, Sensation
Debra Hawhee
The University of Chicago Press chicago & london
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
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ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 39817- 4 (cloth)
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DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226398204.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Hawhee, Debra, author.
Title: Rhetoric in tooth and claw : animals, language, sensation / Debra
Hawhee.
Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2016011294 | ISBN 9780226398174 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780226398204 (e- book)
Subjects: LCSH: Rhetoric, Ancient. | Rhetoric, Medieval. | Rhetoric,
Renaissance. | Philosophy, Ancient. | Animals in literature.
Classifi cation: LCC PA3265 .H35 2016 | DDC 808.009—dc23 LC record
available at http:// lccn .loc .gov/ 2016011294
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48– 1992
(Permanence of Paper).
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C o n t e n t s
Note on Translations and Primary Sources ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Feeling Animals 1
1 • Aristotle and Zo¯a Aisthe¯tika 13
2 • Zoostylistics after Aristotle 37
3 • Beast Fables, Deliberative Rhetoric, and the Progymnasmata 70
4 • Looking Beyond Belief: Paradoxical Encomia and Visual Inquiry 89
5 • Non human Animals and Medieval Memory Arts 113
6 • Accumulatio, Natural History, and Erasmus’s Copia 133
Conclusion: At the Feet of Rhetorica 160
Notes 173
Bibliography of Primary Sources 215
Bibliography of Secondary Sources 223
Index 239

N o t e o n T r a n s l a t i o n s
a n d   P r i m a r y   S o u r c e s
Sources for all translations are noted throughout, including the translations I
completed myself. After checking the Greek or Latin, I frequently use other
translations if I fi nd them satisfactory or in need only of slight modifi cations,
which I also note. I transliterate all Greek words except in a few cases when
the diacritical marks matter for my interpretation or when I am citing the
Greek- English lexicon. I have included a separate bibliography of primary
sources, noting all editions consulted, including Greek and Latin editions as
well as translations. All these decisions result from prioritizing accessibility,
transparency, and artfulness.