That savage gaze : wolves in the nineteenth-century Russian imagination /

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Imperial Russia's large wolf populations were demonized, persecuted, tormented, and sometimes admired. That Savage Gaze explores the significance of wolves in pre-revolutionary Russia utilizing the perspectives of cultural studies, ecocriticism, and human-animal studies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helfant, Ian M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2018]
Colección:Unknown nineteenth century.
Temas:
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904
1800-1899
Gray wolf > Russia > History > 19th century.
Gray wolf > Control > Social aspects > Russia > History > 19th century.
Russian literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Loup gris > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Loup gris > Lutte contre > Aspect social > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
1800-1899.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Russian literature
Gray wolf
Russia
Borzois.
Ecocriticism.
History of medicine.
Human-animal studies.
Hunting.
Rabies.
Russia.
Wolves.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • A Note on Translation and Transliteration
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. Harnessing the Domestic to Confront the Wild: Borzoi Wolf Hunting and Masculine Aggression in War and Peace
  • CHAPTER 2. The Rise of Hunting Societies, the Professionalization of Wolf Expertise, and the Legal Sanctioning of Predator Control with Guns and Poison
  • CHAPTER 3. Chekhov's "Hydrophobia," Kuzminskaya's "The Rabid Wolf," and the Fear of Bestial Madness on the Eve of Pasteur's Panacea
  • CHAPTER 4. Fissures in the Flock: Wolf Hounding, the Humane Society, and the Literary Redemption of a Feared Predator
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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