The Fantastic, Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations).

of Tennessee Press, 1998 (formerly published by McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co.).

The Serpent and the Swan: Animal Brides in Literature and Folklore.The Parliament of Animals: Legends and Anecdotes from Books of Natural History, 1775 1900 New York: Pace University Press, 1992.

The Frog King: On Fairy Tales, Fables and Anecdotes of Animals.The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German Love Poetry.Contacts/Kontakte: Poems and Writings of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations).City of Ravens: The True History of the Legendary Birds in the Tower of London.He is also the founder of the non-profit organization “Nature in Legend and Story,” dedicated to “promote understanding of traditional bonds between human beings and the natural world.” Publications Scholarship and translations He has worked as a consultant on human rights for Amnesty International, Helsinki Watch, and Human Rights Internet. He received his doctorate in Intellectual History and German from State University of New York, Buffalo. His books have been translated into French, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Czech.īoria Sax was born in 1949 to Saville Sax. Two of the scholarly books have been named to list of “outstanding academic titles of the year” compiled by the journal Choice: Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust ( Continuum, 2000) and The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature ( ABC-CLIO, 2002). The publications of Boria Sax include books of scholarship, poetry, reference, translation, memoirs, and other genres. He views the representation of animals in human culture as a means to explore human identity, as well as an enduring source of myths and legends. Boria Sax (born 1949) is an American author and lecturer and a teacher at Mercy College.īoria Sax is probably best known for his writing on human-animal relations, where he has developed a style that combines scholarship with narrative and lyricism.

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