Literature and animal studies / Mario Ortiz-Robles.

"Why do animals talk in literature? In this provocative book, Mario Ortiz Robles tracks the presence of animals across an expansive literary archive to argue that literature cannot be understood as a human endeavor apart from its capacity to represent animals. Focusing on the literary represent...

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Main Author: Ortiz-Robles, Mario, 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Literature and contemporary thought.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is it like to be a trope?
  • Equids (might and right)
  • Canids (companionship, cunning, domestication)
  • Songbirds (poetry and environment)
  • Felids (enigma and fur)
  • Animal revolutions (allegory and politics)