Poetry and animals : blurring the boundaries with the human /

Why do poets write about animals? What can poetry do for animals and what can animals do for poetry? In some cases, poetry inscribes meaning on animals, turning them into symbols or caricatures and bringing them into the confines of human culture. It also reveals and revels in the complexity of anim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oerlemans, Onno, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University, [2018]
Temas:
Animals in literature.
Exempla in literature.
Anthropomorphism in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Animal welfare in literature.
Animals > Symbolic aspects.
Poetry, Modern > History and criticism.
Poetry, Medieval > History and criticism.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Exempla dans la littérature.
Anthropomorphisme dans la littérature.
Relations homme-animal dans la littérature.
Animaux > Aspect symbolique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
NATURE > Animal Rights.
Animal welfare in literature
Animals in literature
Animals > Symbolic aspects
Anthropomorphism in literature
Exempla in literature
Human-animal relationships in literature
Poetry, Medieval
Poetry, Modern
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The animal in allegory: from Chaucer to Gray
  • Poems of the animal
  • Poetry as field guide: the species poem
  • The individual animal in poetry
  • Of hybridity and the hybrid
  • Coda.

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