Description |
1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Animalibus: of animals and cultures |
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Animalibus.
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Contents |
Introduction: Modernism and the canine condition -- Canine origins : Jack London and Konrad Lorenz -- Mongrelizing form : Virginia Woolf's Flush -- The new dog : Albert Payson Terhune and J.R. Ackerley -- Dogging the subject : Samuel Beckett and Emmanuel Levinas -- Coda: Modernism and literary canine studies |
Summary |
"Examines the human-dog relationship in modernist literature, analyzing works by Jack London, Virginia Woolf, Albert Payson Terhune, J. R. Ackerley, Samuel Beckett, and others to show how dogs challenge the autonomy of the human subject and the humanistic underpinnings of traditional literary forms"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2022) |
Subject |
Dogs in literature.
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Human-animal relationships in literature.
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Modernism (Literature)
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General .
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Dogs in literature
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Human-animal relationships in literature
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Modernism (Literature)
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780271088389 |
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0271088389 |
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9780271088402 |
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0271088400 |
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