On Fiction and Being a Good Animal / David Rando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rando, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals in literature.

Fiction--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2024]

Summary:

Argues that literature has a special role to play in developing a wishful, visionary, and utopian sensibility for living in a more-than-human world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Better People, or Good Animals

1. Beast, or Baby

2. Bug, or Brother

3. Dog, or Sister

4. Bear, or Lover

5. Pet, or Guest

6. Interlude: Zoo, or Ark

7. Meat, or Mother

8. Cockroach, or Self

9. Interlude: Scent, or Secret

10. Crone, or Goddess

11. Cockchafer, or Communion

12. Conclusion: On Having Been a Good Animal

13. Coda: Nonhuman Fiction

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-3995-3808-X

1-3995-3807-1