Homeless Dogs and Melancholy Apes : Humans and Other Animals in the Modern Literary Imagination /

"Writers of this first age of the rise of the animal in the modern literary imagination used their nonhuman characters--from the lapdogs of Alexander Pope and his contemporaries to the ill-mannered monkey of Frances Burney's Evelina or the ape-like Yahoos of Jonathan Swift--to explore ques...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brown, Laura, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Djur i litteraturen.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Tiere.
Tiere > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Mens-dier-relatie.
Amerikaans.
Engels.
Bellettrie.
Huisdieren.
Dieren.
Tiere > Motiv
Literatur
Englisch
Pets in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
English literature.
Animals in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Animaux familiers dans la litterature.
Relations homme-animal dans la litterature.
Animaux dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
American literature > History and criticism.
English literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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