The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-Legged Legends

by May R. Berenbaum

Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. The real and the imaginary blended seamlessly in these books--at the time, the existence of a rhinoceros was as credible as a unicorn or dragon. Although audiences now scoff at the impossibility of mythological beasts, there remains an extraordinary willingness to suspend skepticism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035402
• ISBN13: 9780674035409
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"