Animal stories : narrating across species lines /

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Beginning with a historical account of why animal stories pose endemic critical challenges to literary and cultural theory, "Animal Stories" argues that key creative developments in narrative form became inseparable from shifts in animal politics and science in the past century. The book t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McHugh, Susan (Susan Bridget)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Series:Posthumanities ; 15.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Relations homme-animal dans la littérature.
Agent (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature
American fiction
Animals in literature
English fiction
Human-animal relationships in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Animal Narratives and Social Agency
  • pt. I. Intersubjective Fictions. Seeing Eyes/Private Eyes : Service Dogs and Detective Fictions ; Velvet Revolutions : Girl-Horse Stories
  • pt. II Intercorporeal Narratives
  • Breeding Narratives of Intimacy : Shaggy Dogs, Shagging Sheep ; The Fictions and Futures of Farm Animals : Semi-Living to "Animalacra" Pig Tales ; Conclusion. Toward a Narrative Ethology.

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