Homeless dogs & melancholy apes : humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination /

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""I read Homeless Dogs and Melancholy Apes with great eagerness and found it to be a book of compelling interest, wonderful erudition, and nuanced, sophisticated analysis. It brings innovative perspectives and contexts to bear on core eighteenth-century topics and texts. Laura Brown takes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Laura, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
English literature > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Pets in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Relations homme-animal dans la littérature.
Animaux familiers dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American literature
Animals in literature
English literature
Human-animal relationships in literature
Pets in literature
Englisch
Literatur
Tiere > Motiv
Dieren.
Huisdieren.
Bellettrie.
Engels.
Amerikaans.
Mens-dier-relatie.
Tiere > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Tiere.
Djur i litteraturen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Speculative space : the rise of the animal in the modern imagination
  • Mirror scene : the orangutan, the ancients, and the cult of sensibility
  • Immoderate love : the lady and the lapdog
  • Violent intimacy : the monkey and the marriage plot
  • Dog narrative : itinerancy, diversity, and the Elysium for dogs.

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