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The aesthetics of care : on the literary treatment of animals

Title
The aesthetics of care : on the literary treatment of animals / Josephine Donovan.
Author
Donovan, Josephine, 1941-
Publication
  • New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Description
x, 244 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Animals in literature
  • Animal welfare in literature
  • Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Ecocriticism
  • Literature, Modern
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The aesthetics of modernity -- Willa Cather's aesthetic transitions -- The aesthetics of care -- Animal ethics and literary criticism -- Tolstoy's animals -- Local-color animals -- Coetzee's animals -- Metaphysical meat: "becoming men" and animal sacrifice -- The transgressive sublime, katharsis, and animal sacrifice -- Caring to hear, caring to see: art as emergence.
Call Number
JFD 16-3896
ISBN
  • 9781501317194
  • 1501317199
  • 9781501317200
  • 1501317202
LCCN
2015043712
OCLC
935674811
Author
Donovan, Josephine, 1941- author.
Title
The aesthetics of care : on the literary treatment of animals / Josephine Donovan.
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Donovan, Josephine, 1941- author. Aesthetics of care. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781501317217 (DLC) 2016002859
Research Call Number
JFD 16-3896
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