| Animals and Their Children in Victorian Culture Contributor(s): Ayres, Brenda (Editor), Maier, Sarah Elizabeth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367416107 ISBN-13: 9780367416102 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
| Dewey: 820.992 |
| LCCN: 2019952888 |
| Series: Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whether a secularized morality, biblical worldview, or unstated set of mores, the Victorian period can and always will be distinguished from those before and after for its pervasive sense of the "proper way" of thinking, speaking, doing, and acting. Animals in literature taught Victorian children how to be behave. If you are a postmodern posthumanist, you might argue, "But the animals in literature did not write their own accounts." Animal characters may be the creations of writers' imagination, but animals did and do exist in their own right, as did and do humans. The original essays in Animals and Their Children in Victorian explore the representation of animals in children's literature by resisting an anthropomorphized perception of them. Instead of focusing on the domestication of animals, this book analyzes how animals in literature "civilize" children, teaching them how to get along with fellow creatures--both human and nonhuman. |