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Author:

Menely, Tobias, author.

Title:

The animal claim : sensibility and the creaturely voice / Tobias Menely.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Animal rights--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights--Political aspects.
Communication--History.--History.
Hume, David,--1711-1776.
Animal behavior.
Animal psychology.
Animal societies.
Enlightenment.
Human-animal relationships.
Englisch.
Lyrik.
Tiere.
Tierrecht.
Aufklärung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-258) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. The significant voice : address and the animal sign -- 2. Creaturely origins : Enlightenment naturalism and the animal voice -- 3. The addressive animal : the Augustans and "tyrant custom" -- 4. Creaturely advocacy : poetic vocation in the age of sensibility -- 5. Sensibilities into statutes : animal rights and the afterlife of sensibility -- Afterword : The law and the factory.

ISBN:

022623939X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226239392 (pbk. : alk. paper)
022623925X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226239255 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881592361

LCCN:

2014023743

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)