Novel creatures : animal life and the new millennium / by Hilary Thompson.
Thompson, Hilary| Call Number | 809.3/9362 |
| Author | Thompson, Hilary, author. |
| Title | Novel creatures : animal life and the new millennium / by Hilary Thompson. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Contents | chapter Introduction: Shared Catastrophe and the Call of the Creaturely -- chapter 1 Trials by Water: Aquatic Landscapes, Questionable Sacrifices in Yann Martel and Linda Hogan -- chapter 2 Ringing in Animals and Eras: At the Circus with / chapter 3 From Farm to Fable: Harvesting Humans in / chapter 4 Dwelling in the Future: Human-Animal Apocalypses in Indra Sinha and Barbara Gowdy. |
| Summary | Novel Creaturestakes a close look at the expanding interest in animals in modern fiction and argues that the novels of this time reveal a dramatic shift in conceptions of "creatureliness." Scholars have turned to the term "creaturely" recently to describe shared aspects of human and animal experience, thus moving beyond work that primarily attends to distinctions between the human and the animal. Carrying forward this recent scholarship,Novel Creaturesargues that creatureliness has been an intensely millennial preoccupation, but in two contrasting forms—one leading up to the turn of the century, the other after the tragic events of 9/11. |
| Added Author | Taylor and Francis. |
| Subject | LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century. LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE. Human-animal relationships in literature. |
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| Summary | Novel Creaturestakes a close look at the expanding interest in animals in modern fiction and argues that the novels of this time reveal a dramatic shift in conceptions of "creatureliness." Scholars have turned to the term "creaturely" recently to describe shared aspects of human and animal experience, thus moving beyond work that primarily attends to distinctions between the human and the animal. Carrying forward this recent scholarship,Novel Creaturesargues that creatureliness has been an intensely millennial preoccupation, but in two contrasting forms—one leading up to the turn of the century, the other after the tragic events of 9/11. |
| Contents | chapter Introduction: Shared Catastrophe and the Call of the Creaturely -- chapter 1 Trials by Water: Aquatic Landscapes, Questionable Sacrifices in Yann Martel and Linda Hogan -- chapter 2 Ringing in Animals and Eras: At the Circus with / chapter 3 From Farm to Fable: Harvesting Humans in / chapter 4 Dwelling in the Future: Human-Animal Apocalypses in Indra Sinha and Barbara Gowdy. |
| Subject | LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century. LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE. Human-animal relationships in literature. |
| Multimedia |