Victorian Animal Dreams : Representations of Animals in Victorian Literature and Culture Paperback / softback
by Martin A. Danahay
Edited by Deborah Denenholz Morse
Part of the The Nineteenth Century Series series
Paperback / softback
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The Victorian period witnessed the beginning of a debate on the status of animals that continues today.
This volume explicitly acknowledges the way twenty-first-century deliberations about animal rights and the fact of past and prospective animal extinction haunt the discussion of the Victorians' obsession with animals.
Combining close attention to historical detail with a sophisticated analytical framework, the contributors examine the various forms of human dominion over animals, including imaginative possession of animals in the realms of fiction, performance, and the visual arts, as well as physical control as manifest in hunting, killing, vivisection and zookeeping.
The diverse range of topics, analyzed from a contemporary perspective, makes the volume a significant contribution to Victorian studies.
The conclusion by Harriet Ritvo, the pre-eminent authority in the field of Victorian/animal studies, provides valuable insight into the burgeoning field of animal studies and points toward future studies of animals in the Victorian period.
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- Pages:322 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:08/03/2017
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- ISBN:9781138246430
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:322 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:08/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138246430
