Katharine M. Rogers is a freelance writer living in Bethesda, Maryland, usa. She is the author and editor of numerous books and anthologies including The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield (1998), L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz (2002) and First Friend: A History of Dogs and Humans (forthcoming).
"Cat" traces the relationship between humans and the cat from its original domestication in ancient Egypt c. 2000 BC, where it enjoyed high status, through its centuries as a mere utilitarian rodent catcher, its gradual acceptance as a charming and amiable pet, and its present status as a companion on a par with the dog. "Cats" spread from Egypt, reaching Britain by the fourth century BC and Japan by about the seventh. They were immediately appreciated in Japan, but in the West they were regarded as harmless and necessary at best, and, at worst, as convenient targets for abuse. Finally, in late-seventeenth-century France, an aristocratic coterie began to make much of their pet cats. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people of all classes came to appreciate cats as companions, and now there are more pet cats than pet dogs in both the UK and the USA. Long before people valued cats as companions, however, they recognized something special about them. Cats' ease of negotiation in the dark, their silent movements, their self-detachment even as they live in our homes, their refusal to defer to humans, seem to indicate strange, even supernatural powers. At first these attributes seemed sinister, but for later cat lovers they add to the animals' fascination. They have inspired writers from Poe to Lewis Carroll to imaginative creations. But cats can also be the embodiment of a happy home and good friends, whether they sustain a lonely old woman like Hall's Fraulein Schwartz or chat pleasantly with an old man in Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. The peculiar fascination of the cat, indeed, is the diversity of images it projects sweet and ferocious, affectionate and independent, elegant and earthy, cosily domestic and eerie. This book will appeal to the enormous number of people who like and are interested in cats. Unlike many other cat books, it offers substantial and accurate information about the history of cats and their presentation in literature and art.
“这个好像生来就是为了装点客厅的优雅而泰然自若的小动物,同样惯于在地窟里和水沟边潜行。在恬静高贵的形象之下,它其实正是个狡猾的小捕猎者,随时准备弄上一点儿鱼。猫是如此的美丽、优雅而矜持,以至于人们会认为它们比人类更为优雅和讲究……”——书内摘 与我之前买过...
评分凯瑟琳·罗杰斯为了写这本《猫》,不知道看了多少资料,基本上,这是一本关于猫的八卦,旁引博征,非常翔实,实际上才区区十来万字,读起来感觉像在看30万字的内容。 关于猫,我们总是觉得,它和人总是保持一种谨慎的亲密关系,它不像狗对人类那么忠诚,猫从来都是...
评分6000万年前 哺乳动物开始分化,食肉目最早的成员是小古猫(猫和狗共同的祖先)。 200万年前 家猫的祖先野猫从猫科动物中分化出来。 公元前2000年以前 猫在古埃及被驯化,它被称为“miw”或者“mii”,这是猫首次被记载。 公元前1450年 猫的形象在古埃及墓室绘画中多次出现。 ...
评分书中举了例子:《如何再次杀死女朋友的猫》《如何再次杀死女朋友》是如何成为英国古代畅销书的。猫和女人有某种联系,书中说了一个特别有意思的概念就是男人为了控制女人只能杀死女人的猫,因为猫代表了独立性,把猫和女人联系在一起本身就是主观的,只能说猫具有阴性特质,但...
评分“这个好像生来就是为了装点客厅的优雅而泰然自若的小动物,同样惯于在地窟里和水沟边潜行。在恬静高贵的形象之下,它其实正是个狡猾的小捕猎者,随时准备弄上一点儿鱼。猫是如此的美丽、优雅而矜持,以至于人们会认为它们比人类更为优雅和讲究……”——书内摘 与我之前买过...
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评分杂七杂八的小段子拼凑出来的,信息量大但是比较庞杂,逻辑性不强,看着玩还行。
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评分杂七杂八的小段子拼凑出来的,信息量大但是比较庞杂,逻辑性不强,看着玩还行。
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