Durer, Albrecht. "The Rhinoceros" 1515 National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) via Google Arts & Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-rhinoceros/KgFlk_gZAkOMcQ?hl=enCornell Research Guides
Literary Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural TheoryCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN 81 E435 2011Publication Date: Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory.
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Reference Sources on Human-Animal Relationships
Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History
Publication Date: Routledge, 2018Provides an up-to-date guide for the historian working within the growing field of animal-human history. Divided into three parts: Animals and the Practice of History, Problems and Paradigms, and Themes and Provocations.
A Cultural History of AnimalsCall Number: Online access through HathiTrustPublication Date: Berg, 2007A multi-volume project on the history of human-animal relations from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers 4500 years of human-animal interaction. Volume 1: Antiquity to the Dark Ages (2500BC - 1000AD) Volume 2: The Medieval Age (1000-1400) Volume 3: The Renaissance (1400-1600) Volume 4: The Enlightenment (1600-1800) Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920) Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000.
Animal Rights: a very short introduction by Publication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research.
Oxford Art
Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Oxford Companion to Western Art, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships and a digital image search.
Oxford Bibliographies
Bibliographies on many, many topics (a few pertinent individual titles listed below). Provides introductions to each topic area, and includes guides to introductory works, textbooks, guidebooks, journals, reference works etc., and links to useful websites.
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
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