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The birth of a jungle animality in progressive-era U.S. literature and culture

Title
The birth of a jungle [electronic resource] : animality in progressive-era U.S. literature and culture / Michael Lundblad.
Author
Lundblad, Michael.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 218 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Birth of a jungle (Online)
Alternative Title
Birth of a jungle (Online)
Subject
  • Animals in literature
  • Human-animal relationships in literature
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-204) and index.
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Contents
Introduction: the nature of the beast in U.S. culture -- Epistemology of the jungle -- Progressive-Era sexuality and the nature of the beast in Henry James -- Between species: queering the wolf in Jack London -- Survival of the fittest market. The octopus and The corporation: monstrous animality in Norris, Spencer, and Carnegie -- The working-class beast: Frank Norris and Upton Sinclair -- The evolution of race. Archaeology of a humane society: animality, savagery, blackness -- Black savage, white animal: Tarzan's American jungle -- Epilogue -- Animal legacies: William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes "Monkey Trial".
LCCN
2012019591
OCLC
ssj0000885783
Author
Lundblad, Michael.
Title
The birth of a jungle [electronic resource] : animality in progressive-era U.S. literature and culture / Michael Lundblad.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-204) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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