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9780062304612 English 0062304615 A scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world in this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life "Learn how dogs have enriched the lives of poets, artists, kings, writers, and many other notable people in this fascinating book about dogs in literature and history. Who knew that Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, unknowingly had the first therapy dog? The Great Grisby is a wonderful book about the special bond between humans and dogs." --Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human While gradually unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman ruminates on the singular bond between dogs and humans. Why do prevailing attitudes warn us against loving our pet "too much"? Is her relationship with Grisby nourishing or dysfunctional, commonplace or unique? Challenging the assumption that there's something repressed and neurotic about those deeply connected to a dog, she turns her keen eye on the many ways in which dog is the mirror of man. The Great Grisby is organized into twenty-six alphabetically arranged chapters, each devoted to a particular human-canine union drawn from history, art, philosophy, or literature. Here is Picasso's dachshund Lump; Freud's chow Yofi; Bill Sikes's mutt Bull's Eye in Oliver Twist; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel Flush, whose biography was penned by Virginia Woolf. There are royal dogs, like Prince Albert's greyhound Eos, and dogs cherished by authors, like Thomas Hardy's fox terrier, Wessex. Brottman's own beloved Grisby serves as an envoy for sniffing out these remarkable companions. Quirky and delightful, and peppered with incisive personal reflections and back-and-white sketches portraying a different dog and its owner, The Great Grisby reveals how much dogs have to teach us about empathy, happiness, love--and what it means to be human., Inspired by her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Brottman ruminates on the singular-and often illuminating-bond between dogs and humans. She explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world, and wonders: Why do prevailing attitudes warn us against loving our pet "too much"? Is her relationship with Grisby nourishing or dysfunctional, commonplace or unique? Brottman excavates the assumption that there's something repressed and neurotic about those deeply connected to a dog, and turns her keen eye on the many ways in which dog is the mirror of man. Rich insights can be gained from observing how owners create personalities for their dogs, how they address them, speak on their behalf, even from the way they pick up after them. People have always been attracted to certain breeds-but why are dachshunds preferred among artistic types, or French Bulldogs a growing favorite among gay men? Why is "Fido" considered a generic dog's name when no one actually uses it anymore, and why is "Rocky" more likely to bite? Are stories about canine loyalty and protection overblown, and why do we want so badly to believe them? The Great Grisby presents twenty-six alphabetically arranged chapters, each devoted to a particular human-canine union drawn from history, art, philosophy, or literature. Some of the book's chapters focus on dogs belonging to great thinkers, like Picasso's dachshund Lump and Freud's chow Yofi; some consider dogs that appear in literature, like Bill Sikes's mutt Bull's Eye in Oliver Twist and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous spaniel Flush, whose life story was written by Virginia Woolf. Others deal with royal dogs, like Prince Albert's greyhound Eos, or the dogs cherished by authors, like Thomas Hardy's fox terrier, Wessex. Brottman's own beloved Grisby serves as an envoy for sniffing out remarkable dogs in the realms of literature, history, folklore, semiotics, philosophy and zoology. Quirky and delightful, and peppered with incisive personal reflections, The Great Grisby shows how much dogs have to teach us about empathy, aging, love-and ultimately, about what it means to be human., The Great Grisby by Mikita Brottman has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
9780062304612 English 0062304615 A scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world in this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life "Learn how dogs have enriched the lives of poets, artists, kings, writers, and many other notable people in this fascinating book about dogs in literature and history. Who knew that Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, unknowingly had the first therapy dog? The Great Grisby is a wonderful book about the special bond between humans and dogs." --Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human While gradually unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman ruminates on the singular bond between dogs and humans. Why do prevailing attitudes warn us against loving our pet "too much"? Is her relationship with Grisby nourishing or dysfunctional, commonplace or unique? Challenging the assumption that there's something repressed and neurotic about those deeply connected to a dog, she turns her keen eye on the many ways in which dog is the mirror of man. The Great Grisby is organized into twenty-six alphabetically arranged chapters, each devoted to a particular human-canine union drawn from history, art, philosophy, or literature. Here is Picasso's dachshund Lump; Freud's chow Yofi; Bill Sikes's mutt Bull's Eye in Oliver Twist; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel Flush, whose biography was penned by Virginia Woolf. There are royal dogs, like Prince Albert's greyhound Eos, and dogs cherished by authors, like Thomas Hardy's fox terrier, Wessex. Brottman's own beloved Grisby serves as an envoy for sniffing out these remarkable companions. Quirky and delightful, and peppered with incisive personal reflections and back-and-white sketches portraying a different dog and its owner, The Great Grisby reveals how much dogs have to teach us about empathy, happiness, love--and what it means to be human., Inspired by her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Brottman ruminates on the singular-and often illuminating-bond between dogs and humans. She explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world, and wonders: Why do prevailing attitudes warn us against loving our pet "too much"? Is her relationship with Grisby nourishing or dysfunctional, commonplace or unique? Brottman excavates the assumption that there's something repressed and neurotic about those deeply connected to a dog, and turns her keen eye on the many ways in which dog is the mirror of man. Rich insights can be gained from observing how owners create personalities for their dogs, how they address them, speak on their behalf, even from the way they pick up after them. People have always been attracted to certain breeds-but why are dachshunds preferred among artistic types, or French Bulldogs a growing favorite among gay men? Why is "Fido" considered a generic dog's name when no one actually uses it anymore, and why is "Rocky" more likely to bite? Are stories about canine loyalty and protection overblown, and why do we want so badly to believe them? The Great Grisby presents twenty-six alphabetically arranged chapters, each devoted to a particular human-canine union drawn from history, art, philosophy, or literature. Some of the book's chapters focus on dogs belonging to great thinkers, like Picasso's dachshund Lump and Freud's chow Yofi; some consider dogs that appear in literature, like Bill Sikes's mutt Bull's Eye in Oliver Twist and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous spaniel Flush, whose life story was written by Virginia Woolf. Others deal with royal dogs, like Prince Albert's greyhound Eos, or the dogs cherished by authors, like Thomas Hardy's fox terrier, Wessex. Brottman's own beloved Grisby serves as an envoy for sniffing out remarkable dogs in the realms of literature, history, folklore, semiotics, philosophy and zoology. Quirky and delightful, and peppered with incisive personal reflections, The Great Grisby shows how much dogs have to teach us about empathy, aging, love-and ultimately, about what it means to be human., The Great Grisby by Mikita Brottman has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.