Creature discomfort : : fauna-criticism, ethics and the representation of animals in Spanish American fiction and poetry / / by Scott M. DeVries.

In Creature Discomfort: Fauna-criticism, Ethics, and the Representation of Animals in Spanish American Fiction and Poetry , Scott M. DeVries uncovers a tradition in Spanish American literature where animal-ethical representations anticipate many of the most pressing concerns from present debates in...

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Superior document:Critical Animal Studies, Volume 4
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Critical animal studies ; Volume 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Horse, Ape, Mosquito: Animal Perspectives in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Texts
  • The Beasts of Ecological Narrative: Intelligent Animals in the Environmental Novels of Luis Sepúlveda
  • Swan Songs: The Animal as Muse, Symbol, and Object of Spanish American Modernismo
  • Caged Verse: Animals in Poetry
  • Meat: Regional Livestock Literature
  • Harness, Harpoon, and Cage: Horses, Whaling, and Animal Entertainment in Regional Literature
  • Tribal Creatures: Animals and Indigenista Literature
  • A Dog and Hippo Show: Animals in Recent Fiction
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.