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Creature Discomfort : Fauna-Criticism, Ethics and the Representation of Animals in Spanish American Fiction and Poetry.

DeVries, Scott M.

Creature Discomfort : Fauna-Criticism, Ethics and the Representation of Animals in Spanish American Fiction and Poetry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages) - Critical Animal Studies ; v.4 . - Critical Animal Studies .

Intro -- Creature Discomfort: Fauna-criticism, Ethics and the Representation of Animals in Spanish American Fiction and Poetry -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Sentience, Consciousness, Identity -- 2: Horse, Ape, Mosquito: Animal Perspectives in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Texts -- 3: The Beasts of Ecological Narrative: Intelligent Animals in the Environmental Novels of Luis SepĂșlveda -- Part 2: Gone to the Swans: Modernismo and Poetry -- 4: Swan Songs: The Animal as Muse, Symbol, and Object of Spanish American Modernismo -- 5: Caged Verse: Animals in Poetry -- Part 3: Regional Literature, Indigenismo, Recent Fiction -- 6: Meat: Regional Livestock Literature -- 7: Harness, Harpoon, and Cage: Horses, Whaling, and Animal Entertainment in Regional Literature -- 8: Tribal Creatures: Animals and Indigenista Literature -- 9: A Dog and Hippo Show: Animals in Recent Fiction -- 10: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Creature Discomfort innovates the notion of "fauna-criticism" to reframe the literary history of and expound animal ethical positions from Spanish American nineteenth century, modernista, Regional, indigenista, and contemporary fiction and poetry.

9789004316591


Spanish American fiction-History and criticism.
Spanish American poetry-History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7081 .D487 2016

860.9/362

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