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Human-Animal Interactions in the Eighteenth Century
From Pests and Predators to Pets, Poems and Philosophy
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How did humans respond to the eighteenth-century discovery of countless new species of animals? This book explores the gamut of intense human-animal interactions: from love to cultural identifications, moral reflections, philosophical debates, classification systems, mechanical copies, insults and literary creativity.
Dogs, cats and horses, of course, play central roles. But this volume also features human reflections upon parrots, songbirds, monkeys, a rhino, an elephant, pigs, and geese â all the way through to the admired silkworms and the not-so-admired bookworms.
An exceptionally wide array of source materials are used in this volumeâs ten separate contributions, plus the editorial introduction, to demonstrate this diversity. As eighteenth-century humans came to realise that they too are animals, they had to recast their relationships with their fellow living-beings on Planet Earth. And these considerations remain very much live ones to this day.
Dogs, cats and horses, of course, play central roles. But this volume also features human reflections upon parrots, songbirds, monkeys, a rhino, an elephant, pigs, and geese â all the way through to the admired silkworms and the not-so-admired bookworms.
An exceptionally wide array of source materials are used in this volumeâs ten separate contributions, plus the editorial introduction, to demonstrate this diversity. As eighteenth-century humans came to realise that they too are animals, they had to recast their relationships with their fellow living-beings on Planet Earth. And these considerations remain very much live ones to this day.
Stefanie Stockhorst is Professor for Early Modern German Literature at the University of Potsdam. She was President of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2014â18; 2008â10 Vice-President) and is an Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) since 2019.
Jürgen Overhoff is Professor for the History of Education at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He is President of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2018) and Delegate Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) since 2018.
Penelope J. Corfield is Professor Emeritus of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University UK, and President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her writings focus upon British social, cultural and urban history in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as general theories of history.
Jürgen Overhoff is Professor for the History of Education at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He is President of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (since 2018) and Delegate Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) since 2018.
Penelope J. Corfield is Professor Emeritus of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University UK, and President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her writings focus upon British social, cultural and urban history in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as general theories of history.
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors / Notes sur les contributeurs
1âEditorial Introduction Animals from Pests and Predators to Companions and Cultural Markers
ââPenelope J. Corfield, Stefanie Stockhorst and Jürgen Overhoff
2âIntroduction des editeurs Les animaux : de ravageurs et de prédateurs à  des compagnons et des repères culturels
ââPenelope J. Corfield, Stefanie Stockhorst et Jürgen Overhoff
3âHumanâAnimal Relations in the Eighteenth Century Insights from Current Fields of Research
ââAnna-Marie Humbert
4âOf Dogs and Horses Frederick the Great and His Dearest Animals
ââJürgen Overhoff
5âThe Invention of the âCheval-machineâ as a Medical Response to the Machine Paradigm of the Enlightenment Samuel Theodor Quellmaltz in Context
ââStefanie Stockhorst
6â« Les animaux, nos confrères » dans lâÅuvre de Voltaire
ââHalima Ouanada
7âOn the Popularity of Songbirds in Eighteenth-Century German Fables
ââKristin Eichhorn
8âThe Talking Parrot Brazilian National Symbol and Avatar of Human Identity for John Locke
ââAntônio Carlos dos Santos
9âTroglodytes, the Monkey Diana and the Aping Swede â Carl Linnaeus on Apes
ââAnnika Windahl Pontén
10âLes vers à soie et les vers dévoreurs de livres dans une bibliothèque des Lumières luxe et morbidité des âinsectes changeantsâ dans la poésie de Voltaire
ââVanessa de Senarclens
11âElectoral Animals in Eighteenth-Century England
ââMatthew O. Grenby and Kendra Packham
12ââFor I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffryâ Cats and Creativity in Eighteenth-Century Britain
ââPenelope J. Corfield
Index of Names / Index des noms
Index of Non-Human Animals / Index des animaux non-humains
Notes on Contributors / Notes sur les contributeurs
1âEditorial Introduction Animals from Pests and Predators to Companions and Cultural Markers
ââPenelope J. Corfield, Stefanie Stockhorst and Jürgen Overhoff
2âIntroduction des editeurs Les animaux : de ravageurs et de prédateurs à  des compagnons et des repères culturels
ââPenelope J. Corfield, Stefanie Stockhorst et Jürgen Overhoff
3âHumanâAnimal Relations in the Eighteenth Century Insights from Current Fields of Research
ââAnna-Marie Humbert
4âOf Dogs and Horses Frederick the Great and His Dearest Animals
ââJürgen Overhoff
5âThe Invention of the âCheval-machineâ as a Medical Response to the Machine Paradigm of the Enlightenment Samuel Theodor Quellmaltz in Context
ââStefanie Stockhorst
6â« Les animaux, nos confrères » dans lâÅuvre de Voltaire
ââHalima Ouanada
7âOn the Popularity of Songbirds in Eighteenth-Century German Fables
ââKristin Eichhorn
8âThe Talking Parrot Brazilian National Symbol and Avatar of Human Identity for John Locke
ââAntônio Carlos dos Santos
9âTroglodytes, the Monkey Diana and the Aping Swede â Carl Linnaeus on Apes
ââAnnika Windahl Pontén
10âLes vers à soie et les vers dévoreurs de livres dans une bibliothèque des Lumières luxe et morbidité des âinsectes changeantsâ dans la poésie de Voltaire
ââVanessa de Senarclens
11âElectoral Animals in Eighteenth-Century England
ââMatthew O. Grenby and Kendra Packham
12ââFor I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffryâ Cats and Creativity in Eighteenth-Century Britain
ââPenelope J. Corfield
Index of Names / Index des noms
Index of Non-Human Animals / Index des animaux non-humains
Scholars in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Scholars in Animal Studies, General Public with particular interest in Animal History