Adding to the critical dialogue on animals in literary criticism, Victorian studies and animal studies, this accessible work will also appeal to scholars of science and posthumanism. Bringing an important author within range of a new and developing area of critical inquiry, Anna West offers a new approach to Hardy criticism.
Adding to the critical dialogue on animals in literary criticism, Victorian studies and animal studies, this accessible work will also appeal to scholars of science and posthumanism. Bringing an important author within range of a new and developing area of critical inquiry, Anna West offers a new approach to Hardy criticism.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anna West is an early career researcher specializing in Victorian literature and animal studies. Since receiving her PhD from the University of St Andrews, where her research was funded by a Macpherson studentship, she has published articles on Thomas Hardy, Victorian science and literature, and Victorian farming practices in relation to ovine disease. She is a member of the Thomas Hardy Society, the British Association for Victorian Studies, the North American Victorian Studies Association, the Midwest Victorian Studies Association, and the French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies.
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Introduction: Hardy's 'shifted [...] centre of altruism': an ethics of encounter and empathy 1. What does it mean to be a creature? 2. 'The only things we believe in are the sheep and the dogs' 3. 'Artful' creatures, part one: animal language 4. 'Artful' creatures, part two: can a snake have a face? 5. 'Artful' creatures, part three: 'pre-posthumanist' Hardy 6. Useful creatures: rethinking Hardy's humanitarianism.
Introduction: Hardy's 'shifted [...] centre of altruism': an ethics of encounter and empathy 1. What does it mean to be a creature? 2. 'The only things we believe in are the sheep and the dogs' 3. 'Artful' creatures, part one: animal language 4. 'Artful' creatures, part two: can a snake have a face? 5. 'Artful' creatures, part three: 'pre-posthumanist' Hardy 6. Useful creatures: rethinking Hardy's humanitarianism.
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