The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Animals

Herausgeber: Ryan, Derek

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book surveys the role of animals across literary history. It explores how engaging with animals alters our understanding of what it means to write and read, and why this is important for thinking about a series of cultural, ethical, political, and scientific developments and controversies"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781009300056
• ISBN-10: 1009300059
• Artikelnr.: 67637427

Inhaltsangabe

I. Literary Periods: 1. Middle Ages: Chivalry and the Beast Sarah Kay
2. Early Modern: Flesh Erica Fudge
3. Eighteenth Century: Enlightenment and Empire Donna Landry
4. Romantic: Animal Bonds and Animal Death Jane Spencer
5. Victorian: Character, Politics, and Racialization Anna Feuerstein
6. Modernist: Invention and Otherness Paul Sheehan
7. Contemporary: Animal Form and Zoontology Robert McKay
II. Contexts and Controversies: 8. Religion: Reformation Christianity and Biblical Rhetoric Karen L. Edwards
9. Anthropomorphism: Violence and Law Monica Flegel
10. Habitat: Worlds of Wildlife Tobias Menely
11. Captivity: Zoos as Scenes of Nonencounter Antoine Traisnel
12. Indigeneity: Posthumanist Fantasy and Weird Reality Melanie Benson Taylor
13. Biocentrism: Sexuality, Coloniality, and Constructing the Human Nathan Snaza
14. Health: Zoonotic Disease and the Medical Posthumanities Lucinda Cole.