Introduction: The Horse Paradigm -- Everyday Life and Its Disruptions. Germany. Horses at the Frontier: Heinrich von Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas -- Russia. Horse and Nature: Leo Tolstoy's Kholstomer [Strider] -- Iceland. Saga Horses: Benedikt Erlingsson's Hross í oss [Of Horses and Men] -- War and Peace. Spain. Horses as Gift: Cantar de Mio Cid [Poem of the Cid] -- Japan. Horses as the Real: Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior] -- Children and Young Adult Literature: Peace Horse, War Horse, Novel by Michael Morpurgo; Play by Nick Stafford -- Authenticity and Inauthenticity. England. Alchemical Horse: D.H. Lawrence's St. Mawr -- USA. Horse as Home: The Misfits, Film by John Huston; Script by Arthur Miller -- India. Postcolonial Horse: Girish Karnad's Hayavadana [Head of a Horse] -- Conclusion: Horse Balance.
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