Literature, Science, and Animal Advocacy in Canada

ISBN-13: 9783031405556 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Candice Allmark-Kent

Opis

Literature, Science, and Animal Advocacy in Canada: Practical Zoocriticism is the first book-length study of animals in Canadian literature. Using a historical approach, it offers a much-needed alternative to existing models of animals as symbols of Canadian victimhood. Spanning more than a century, the scope of this book includes classic writers, Ernest Thompson Seton and Charles G. D. Roberts, as well as popular contemporary authors, such as Barbara Gowdy, Yann Martel, Margaret Atwood, and many others. By recontextualizing these works with closer attention to contemporary scientific and animal advocacy debates, this book offers a fresh new perspective on a wide range of texts.  

Spis treści

Chapter 1:​Introduction

Part I: Emergence: 

Chapter 2:1860s-1900s Contexts 

Chapter 3:1860s-1900s Texts   

Part II: Adaptation             

Chapter 4:1900s-1950s Contexts  

Chapter 5:1900s-1950s Texts    

Part III: Divergence    

Chapter 6:1950s-1980s Contexts  

Chapter 7:1950s-1980s Texts    

Part IV: Survival    

Chapter 8:1980s-2000s Contexts 

Chapter 9:1980s-2000s Texts 

Chapter 10:Conclusion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

O autorze

Candice Allmark-Kent is an independent scholar. She has taught at University of Exeter, UK. She previously has been a committee member for the British Association for Canadian Studies.

Blurb

Literature, Science, and Animal Advocacy in Canada: Practical Zoocriticism is the first book-length study of animals in Canadian literature. Using a historical approach, it offers a much-needed alternative to existing models of animals as symbols of Canadian victimhood. Spanning more than a century, the scope of this book includes classic writers, Ernest Thompson Seton and Charles G. D. Roberts, as well as popular contemporary authors, such as Barbara Gowdy, Yann Martel, Margaret Atwood, and many others. By recontextualizing these works with closer attention to contemporary scientific and animal advocacy debates, this book offers a fresh new perspective on a wide range of texts.

Author Bio:  

Candice Allmark-Kent is an independent scholar. She has taught at the University of Exeter, UK. She previously has been a committee member for the British Association for Canadian Studies.