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Pets and domesticity in Victorian literature and culture : animality, queer relations, and the Victorian family / Monica Flegel.
Van Pelt Library PR468.A56 F58 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flegel, Monica, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 14.
- Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Animals in literature.
- Pets in literature.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Home in literature.
- Children in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138832831
- 1138832839
- OCLC:
- 891124953
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