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Author:
Linett, Maren Tova, author.
Title:
Literary bioethics : animality, disability, and the human / Maren Tova Linett.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
213 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Bioethics in literature.
People with disabilities in literature.
Human body and technology in literature.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: reading fiction, valuing different kinds of lives -- Beast lives: Wells's The island of Doctor Moreau -- Old lives: Huxley's Brave new world -- Disabled lives: O'Connor's The violent bear it away -- Cloned lives: Ishiguro's Never let me go -- Epilogue: revaluing lives.
Summary:
"'Literary Bioethics' explores the connections between 'animality, ' disability, and the human"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Crip : new directions in disability studies
ISBN:
1479801267
9781479801268
1479801259
9781479801251
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1126549522
LCCN:
2019039472
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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