The animal kingdom has been celebrated in literature with an enthusiasm equalled only by our insatiable curiosity about the creatures with whom we share this planet. The Oxford Book of Creatures selects from the work of naturalists, both professional and amateur, explorers, philosophers, novelists, children's writers, diarists, and, outstanding, poets. It covers many periods and countries, and includes the work of writers ranging from Aristotle to Orwell, Montaigne to Johnson, Darwin to Miriam Rothschild, Ackerley to Tanizaki, John Clare to Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll to E. Nesbit
