Title: Talking Animals in Children's Fiction
Description: "Talking-animal tales have conveyed anticruelty messages since the 18th-century beginnings of children's literature. Beginning with the ideas of literary theorist Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin, this book examines ways in which animal characters gain an aura of authority through using language and then participate in reversals of power"--
Subjects: Animals in literature, Children's stories, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Children's stories, English, Anthropomorphism in literature, Children's stories, American, English fiction, American fiction, History and criticism