Political Lives of Victorian Animals
«'This well-written, theoretically sophisticated study makes a major contribution to the growing body of critical treatments of animals in Victorian literature and culture.' R. D. Morrison, Choice»
During the Victorian era, animals were increasingly viewed not as property or utility, but as thinking, feeling subjects worthy of inclusion within a political community. This book re-examines the nineteenth-century British animal welfare movement and animal characters in the Victorian novel in light of liberal thought, and argues that liberalism was a decisive factor in determining the cultural, ideological, and material makeup of animal-human relationships. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781108492966
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«'This well-written, theoretically sophisticated study makes a major contribution to the growing body of critical treatments of animals in Victorian literature and culture.' R. D. Morrison, Choice»