The Edinburgh companion to vegan literary studies / edited by Laura Wright and Emelia Quinn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wright, Laura, 1970- editor.

Quinn, Emelia, 1992- editor.

Series:

Edinburgh companions to literature and the humanities.

Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits in literature.

Veganism.

Vegetarianism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 376 pages, 1 page of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2022]

Summary:

Vegan literary studies has been crystallised over the past few years as a dynamic new specialism, with a transhistorical and transnational scope that both nuances and expands literary history and provides new tools and paradigms through which to approach literary analysis. Vegan studies has emerged alongside the 'animal turn' in the humanities. However, while veganism is often considered as a facet of animal studies, broadly conceived, it is also a distinct entity, an ethical delineator that for many scholars marks a complicated boundary between theoretical pursuit and lived experience. This collection of 25 essays maps and engages with that which might be termed the 'vegan turn' in literary theoretical analysis via essays that explore literature from across a range of historical periods, cultures and textual forms.

Contents:

Intro

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Annotated Bibliography

Part I: Themes and Theoretical Perspectives

1. Veganism and Women's Writing

2. Veganism and Modernism

3. Veganism, Utopia, and Science Fiction

4. Veganism and Animals

5. Veganism and Race

6. Veganism, Gender, and Queerness

7. Veganism and Postcolonialism

8. Veganism and the Monstrous

9. Veganism and Disordered Eating

Part II: Genres and Forms

10. Prose

11. Poetry

12. The Graphic Novel

13. Adaptation

14. The Philosophical Essay

15. The Expos.

16. Realism

17. Memoir

18. Young Adult Fiction

19. Satire

20. Utopian Fiction

21. Speculative Fiction

Part III: Textual Histories and Contexts

22. Ancient Scripture

23. Long Nineteenth Century Ephemera

24. Society Writings

25. Modern Literary Production

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 30, 2023).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474493338

1474493335

9781474493321

1474493327

OCLC:

1351750075