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Author Kendall-Morwick, Karalyn, author.

Title Canis modernis : human/dog coevolution in modernist literature / Karalyn Kendall-Morwick
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations
Series Animalibus: of animals and cultures
Animalibus.
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.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Modernism (Literature)
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General .
Dogs in literature
Human-animal relationships in literature
Modernism (Literature)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271088389
0271088389
9780271088402
0271088400