Insects in literature

This book offers a collection of literary pieces in which insects (and some other arthropods) appear, illustrating numerous and diverse situations in everyday human culture and language where they are used as comparisons and varied examples that reflect their importance in communication. Included are varied pieces from novels, history, medicine, poetry and many other areas that the author has read and selected for any interested reader. This selection is summarized, punctual and comparative, and always indicates the source from which it was obtained, and has only been made to broaden cultural points of view and as summary references for the reader to read the complete work in its entirety.