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The Paramaterial Phantasy

GIF-ing the Woodcut; Or, Early Modern Party Animals

Nearly everyone is familiar with the ubiquitous dorm room and man-cave wall hanging that is popularly known as “Dogs Playing Poker.” This series of sixteen predominantly card-playing canines, cigar advertisements from the early twentieth century, reveal a fascination with anthropomorphized animals, especially when they are engaged in illicit activity or otherwise questionable behavior. This corporate […]

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Posted in Silly Things, #WoodcutWednesday Tagged ballad, drinking, alcohol, woodcut, art, The Winter's Tale, #WoodcutWednesday, Atolycus, animals, drunkards, early modern, Thomas Wright, Shakespeare, Philip Stubbes 4 Comments

The Noble Lyfe and Natures of Man? Constructing the boundary between man and beast in an early modern bestiary.

First published in Antwerp around 1521, Lawrence Andrewe’s English translation of the Dutch Der Dieren Palleys of the previous year presents a bold title that indicates that its text will reify the separation of man from beast and declare the nobility of human existence in a world of animals. Through the English title, the bestiary […]

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