Homeless dogs and melancholy apes humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination /

Brown, Laura

Homeless dogs and melancholy apes humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination / [Texte imprimé] : Homeless dogs & melancholy apes Laura Brown - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, cop. 2010 - 1 vol. (XI-156 p.) ; 24 cm

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Speculative space : the rise of the animal in the modern imagination -- Mirror scene : the orangutan, the ancients, and the cult of sensibility -- Immoderate love : the lady and the lapdog -- Violent intimacy : the monkey and the marriage plot -- Dog narrative : itinerancy, diversity, and the Elysium for dogs

978-0-8014-4828-7

English literature--History and criticism American literature--History and criticism Animals in literature Human-animal relationships in literature Pets in literature

823.009362