Volume 7 of Intersections intends to present a discussion of the representation of animals in literary, pictorial and scholarly discourses, in the historical and material context of early modern Europe. How does man define his relation to the animal world? Which aspects are considered important, which are suppressed? Which scholarly, literary and pictorial conventions (rules of discourse) and parameters are involved in texts on and images of animals? How do such scholarly and literary conventions and preoccupations influence the ways in which animals are represented?