Homeless dogs & melancholy apes : humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination

Publication Data

• Title Homeless dogs & melancholy apes : humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination
• Alternative Title Homeless dogs and melancholy apes
• Author Laura Brown
• Publisher Cornell University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Ithaca, N.Y.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• English literature :: History and criticism
• American literature :: History and criticism
• Animals in literature
• Human-animal relationships in literature
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Homeless dogs & melancholy apes : humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination by Laura Brown. ISBN 9780801448287. Published by Cornell University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.