Beastly journeys : travel and transformation at the fin de siècle /

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A critical exploration of travel, animals and shape-changing in fin de siècle literature. Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the countless creatures that crowd the pages of literature of the late nineteenth century. Whether in Gothic novels, sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Youngs, Tim, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013.
Colección:Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63.
Temas:
1800-1899
Animals in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shapeshifting.
Travel in literature.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Métamorphose.
Voyage dans la littérature.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Literary studies: general.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comparative Literature.
Animals in literature
English literature
Literature and society
Shapeshifting
Travel in literature
Great Britain
literature.
modern history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Unchaining of the Beast
  • 1. City Creatures
  • 2. The Bat and the Beetle
  • 3. Morlocks, Martians, and Beast-People
  • 4. 'Beast and man so mixty': The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald
  • 5. Oscar Wilde: 'an unclean beast'
  • Conclusion.

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