Homeless dogs and melancholy apes
Subtitle: humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination
By: Laura Brown.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801448287
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism; American literature -- History and criticism; Animals in literature; Human-animal relationships in literature; Pets in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Speculative space : the rise of the animal in the modern imagination; title: Mirror scene : the orangutan, the ancients, and the cult of sensibility; title: Immoderate love : the lady and the lapdog; title: Violent intimacy : the monkey and the marriage plot; title: Dog narrative : itinerancy, diversity, and the Elysium for dogs.