TY - BOOK AU - Flegel,Monica TI - Pets and domesticity in Victorian culture: animality, queer relations, and the Victorian family T2 - Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature SN - 978-1-138-83283-1 U1 - 820.936209034 23E PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - English literature / 19th century / History and criticism KW - Animals in literature KW - Pets in literature KW - Literature and society / Great Britain / History / 19th century KW - Home in literature KW - Children in literature N1 - Notes bibliogr; Introduction: Animals in the family: pet relations in Victorian literature and culture -- Love me, love my dog: the role of the pet in rituals of courtship, domesticity, and parenthood -- Becoming crazy cat lady: women and their pets in the domestic circle -- Pets and patriarchy: bachelors, villains, and their animal companions -- Household pets, waifs and strays: children and animals inside and outside the Victorian home -- Conclusion: Animals and their families ER -