Poetics of the hive : the insect metaphor in literature / Cristopher Hollingsworth.

"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 leads you to where the nectar hides. ... He wisely roams, extracting an anthology of poetry, prose, psychology, historymost of all, perceptio...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Hollingsworth, Cristopher, 1961-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Insects in literature. Insects > Symbolic aspects. Bees in literature. Bees in literature Insects in literature Insects > Symbolic aspects