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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 387 pages. tidy ex library seldomborrowed d/j had been plastic protectedThe animal kingdom has been celebrated in literature with an enthusiasm equalled only by our insatiable curiosity about the creatures with whom we share this pl anet. From Emily Dickinson's ode to the spider to Ogden Nash's musings on the lo wly caterpillar, from Darwin's observations to Beatrix Potter's much-loved tales , we are enchanted by naturalists, explorers, philosophers, poets, and writers o f all stripes. The Oxford Book of Creatures brings together all of these observe rs to include the work of writers ranging from Aristotle to Orwell, Montaigne to Johnson, May Sarton to Theodore Roethke, Primo Levi to J. R. R. Tolkien, all re joicing in the life that surrounds us.Here are works from across cultures an d time periods, musings on animals both real and imagined. Arranged thematically , The Oxford Book of Creatures embraces the function and beauty of the design an d movement of creatures, their various habitats, mating and rearing of young, wo rk (both for their own communities and when harnessed to human purposes), and th eir roles as predator and prey; extinct species are included, as are fabulous or invented ones. About 250 creatures, from the least significant to the most maje stic, can be found, fish, birds, mammals, insects: fleas and centipedes, pigs an d cows, horses and elephants, unicorns and salamanders, kraken and leviathans cr owd these pages.We react to animals with a variety of emotions: love, fear, disgust, and amazement. We domesticate them, befriend them, hunt them, and eat t hem, and above all, as this absorbing anthology shows, observe them with fascina tion and respect.…