Book: The Friend Of Man And His Friends The Poets 1890. Cobbe intends in these pages to examine the thoughts of Poets concerning Dogs in response to what he sees as a conspiracy to make our poor canine friends dreaded, dislike and despised. He begins with looking for the earliest literary and artistic traces of the relationship between dog and man. Contents: Poets the True Seers. What They See in Dogs; Dogs-in Ancient Egypt; in Ancient Persia; in Ancient India; in Judea; in Greece; in Rome; The Dog in Islam; in Scandinavia, etc.; in Italy; in England from Chaucer to Byron; Dogs as Defenders; Dogs as Friends and Comforters; Dogs as Victims; The Death of Dogs; and Hopes for Dogs.
Details of Book: The Friend Of Man And His Friends The Poets Book: The Friend Of Man And His Friends The Poets
Author: Frances Power Cobbe
ISBN: 141792196X
ISBN-13: 9781417921966
, 978-1417921966
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jun 2004
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Number of Pages: 188
Language: English