Table of Contents

Acknowledgements A Note on Texts and Translations Introduction: How to Do Things With Animals Shakespeare's Beastly Buggers The Cuckoo and the Capon Dead Parrot Sketch Animal Fun for Everyone Further Reading Notes Bibliography

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Bruce Boehrer is the author of "Monarchy and Incest in Renaissance England" and "The Fury of Men's Gullets: Ben Jonson and the Digestive Canal".

About the Author

Bruce Boehrer is Professor of English literature at Florida State University. He is the author of Monarchy and Incest in Renaissance England and The Fury of Men's Gullets: Ben Jonson and the Digestive Canal along with numerous scholarly articles. He is also founding editor of the semiannual Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies.