The horse in literature and film : uncovering a transcultural paradigm /: uncovering a transcultural paradigm. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francisco LaRubia-Prado.
• Authors: La Rubia Prado, Francisco, 1957-
• Contents: Introduction: The Horse Paradigm ; Part 1: Everyday Life and Its Disruptions ; <ol start="1" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="line-height:2;">Germany: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Horses at the Frontier”— Heinrich von Kleist’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Michael Kohlhaas <li style="line-height:2;">Russia: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Horse and Nature” —Leo Tolstoy’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Kholstomer [ <span style="font-style:italic;">Strider ] <li style="line-height:2;">Iceland: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Saga Horses— Benedikt Erlingsson’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Hross í oss [ <span style="font-style:italic;">Of Horses and Men ] Part 2: War and Peace ; <ol start="4" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="line-height:2;">Spain: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Horses as Gift” — <span style="font-style:italic;">Cantar de Mio Cid [ <span style="font-style:italic;">Poem of the Cid ] <li style="line-height:2;">Japan: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Horses as the ‘Real’ <span style="font-style:italic;">”— Akira Kurosawa’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Kagemusha [ <span style="font-style:italic;">The Shadow Warrior ] <li style="line-height:2;">Children and Young Adult Literature: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Peace Horse” — <span style="font-style:italic;">War Horse, Novel by Michael Morpurgo <span style="font-style:italic;">; Play by Nick Stafford Part 3: Authenticity and Inauthenticity ; <ol start="7" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="line-height:2;">England: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Alchemical Horse” —D.H. Lawrence’s <span style="font-style:italic;">St. Mawr <li style="line-height:2;">USA: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Horse as Home” — <span style="font-style:italic;">The Misfits, Film by John Huston; Script by Arthur Miller <li style="line-height:2;">India: <span style="font-style:italic;">“Postcolonial Horse” —Girish Karnad’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Hayavadana [ <span style="font-style:italic;">Head of a Horse ] Conclusion: Horse Balance
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 809.933629665; Horses in literature; Literature -- History and criticism; Horses in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498534925
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