Victorian Pets and Poetry (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Morrison, Kevin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Some of the most celebrated poets of the Victorian era wrote about their pets, yet poems about pets have not received the kind of critical analysis devoted to fictional works and short stories - this book aims to remedy this omission.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000382235
• Artikelnr.: 61352372

Autorenporträt

Kevin A. Morrison is Provincial Chair Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. His many publications include the Modern Language Association-award winning Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place as well as A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley's "Discreet Indifference" and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims.

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Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

A note on Spelling

Contributors

Introduction

Pet and Poet

Kevin A. Morrison

Part One: "Pedigree, Breed, and Verse"

Chapter One

Rethinking Pedigree in Victorian Women's Dog Poems

Fabienne Moine

Chapter Two

"Easily domesticated and bred": Canary Poetry in Victorian Periodicals

Catherine Burton

Chapter Three

Empathy and Kinship: Animal Poetry and Humane Societies during the Victorian Age

Chelsea Medlock

Part Two: "Illness, Death, and Companion Species"

Chapter Four

"Darling, Darling Little Flushie": Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Dog Love

Kevin A. Morrison

Chapter Five

Still Lives: Apologetic Mourning in Victorian Dog Elegies

Keridiana Chez

Chapter Six

Grave Thoughts: Thomas Hardy's Elegies for Dead Pets

Christine Roth

Part Three: "Decadence, Symbolism, and the Dog"

Chapter Seven

Dog and Dogma: Canine Catholicism in Michael Field's Whym Chow: Flame of Love

Matthew Margini

Chapter Eight

The Symbolist Dog: Arthur Symons Mourns Api

John Stokes

Afterword