Victorian Animal Dreams: Representations of Animals in Victorian Literature and Culture - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0754655113 ISBN 13: 9780754655114

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

The Victorian period witnessed the beginning of a debate on the status of animals that continues today. This volume explicitly acknowledges the way twenty-first-century deliberations about animal rights and the fact of past and prospective animal extinction haunt the discussion of the Victorians' obsession with animals. Combining close attention to historical detail with a sophisticated analytical framework, the contributors examine the various forms of human dominion over animals, including imaginative possession of animals in the realms of fiction, performance, and the visual arts, as well as physical control as manifest in hunting, killing, vivisection and zookeeping. The diverse range of topics, analyzed from a contemporary perspective, makes the volume a significant contribution to Victorian studies. The conclusion by Harriet Ritvo, the pre-eminent authority in the field of Victorian/animal studies, provides valuable insight into the burgeoning field of animal studies and points toward future studies of animals in the Victorian period.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Deborah Denenholz Morse is Associate Professor of English at the College of William and Mary, USA. Martin A. Danahay is Professor of English at Brock University, Canada.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0754655113
• ISBN 13: 9780754655114
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 322
• Redattore: Morse Deborah Denenholz, Danahay Martin A.