Francisco LaRubia-Prado is professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.

This book makes a powerful contribution to Animal studies, to interdisciplinary studies of literature and film, and to Postcolonial studies, because it isn't just about horses. It's a cross-cultural study of epistemology and ethics pointing toward a better way to live in the world.

• Introduction: The Horse Paradigm Part 1: Everyday Life and Its Disruptions1.Germany: “Horses at the Frontier”—Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas2.Russia: “Horse and Nature”—Leo Tolstoy’s Kholstomer [Strider]3.Iceland: “Saga Horses—Benedikt Erlingsson’s Hross í oss [Of Horses and Men]Part 2: War and Peace4.Spain: “Horses as Gift”—Cantar de Mio Cid [Poem of the Cid]5.Japan: “Horses as the ‘Real’”—Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior]6.Children and Young Adult Literature: “Peace Horse”—War Horse, Novel by Michael Morpurgo; Play by Nick StaffordPart 3: Authenticity and Inauthenticity7.England: “Alchemical Horse”—D.H. Lawrence’s St. Mawr8.USA: “Horse as Home”—The Misfits, Film by John Huston; Script by Arthur Miller9.India: “Postcolonial Horse”—Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana [Head of a Horse]Conclusion: Horse Balance

Francisco LaRubia-Prado is professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.

This book makes a powerful contribution to Animal studies, to interdisciplinary studies of literature and film, and to Postcolonial studies, because it isn't just about horses. It's a cross-cultural study of epistemology and ethics pointing toward a better way to live in the world.

• Introduction: The Horse Paradigm Part 1: Everyday Life and Its Disruptions1.Germany: “Horses at the Frontier”—Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas2.Russia: “Horse and Nature”—Leo Tolstoy’s Kholstomer [Strider]3.Iceland: “Saga Horses—Benedikt Erlingsson’s Hross í oss [Of Horses and Men]Part 2: War and Peace4.Spain: “Horses as Gift”—Cantar de Mio Cid [Poem of the Cid]5.Japan: “Horses as the ‘Real’”—Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior]6.Children and Young Adult Literature: “Peace Horse”—War Horse, Novel by Michael Morpurgo; Play by Nick StaffordPart 3: Authenticity and Inauthenticity7.England: “Alchemical Horse”—D.H. Lawrence’s St. Mawr8.USA: “Horse as Home”—The Misfits, Film by John Huston; Script by Arthur Miller9.India: “Postcolonial Horse”—Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana [Head of a Horse]Conclusion: Horse Balance

Francisco LaRubia-Prado is professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.

This book makes a powerful contribution to Animal studies, to interdisciplinary studies of literature and film, and to Postcolonial studies, because it isn't just about horses. It's a cross-cultural study of epistemology and ethics pointing toward a better way to live in the world.

• Introduction: The Horse Paradigm Part 1: Everyday Life and Its Disruptions1.Germany: “Horses at the Frontier”—Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas2.Russia: “Horse and Nature”—Leo Tolstoy’s Kholstomer [Strider]3.Iceland: “Saga Horses—Benedikt Erlingsson’s Hross í oss [Of Horses and Men]Part 2: War and Peace4.Spain: “Horses as Gift”—Cantar de Mio Cid [Poem of the Cid]5.Japan: “Horses as the ‘Real’”—Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior]6.Children and Young Adult Literature: “Peace Horse”—War Horse, Novel by Michael Morpurgo; Play by Nick StaffordPart 3: Authenticity and Inauthenticity7.England: “Alchemical Horse”—D.H. Lawrence’s St. Mawr8.USA: “Horse as Home”—The Misfits, Film by John Huston; Script by Arthur Miller9.India: “Postcolonial Horse”—Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana [Head of a Horse]Conclusion: Horse Balance