附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
Introduction: The Alphabet of the Bees -- From Homer to Virgil: Hiving the Dark Swarm -- From Dante to Milton:The Hive Translated, Then Damned -- The Hive, the Fable, and the Imagination of Shadow -- The Other as Insect -- The Self as Insect -- Postmodern Versions of the Self as Insect.
摘要:""Cris Hollingsworth's waggle dance after scouting the rangiest field of literature--Virgil and Homer down to Milton and Swift, on to Plath and Byatt#x97;leads you to where the nectar hides. ... He wisely roams, extracting an anthology of poetry, prose, psychology, historymost of all, perception--that tops the bee's knees.""--Paul West, author of The Secret Life of Words""Hollingsworth's wide-ranging exploration of the image of the hive is impressive. Poetics of the Hive and its panoply of references cannot fail to enrich university classrooms, especially those devoted to both the vi
