Victorian Pets and Poetry (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Morrison, Kevin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Some of the most celebrated poets of the Victorian era wrote about their pets, yet poems about pets have not received the kind of critical analysis devoted to fictional works and short stories - this book aims to remedy this omission.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000382198
• Artikelnr.: 61354085

Autorenporträt

Kevin A. Morrison is Provincial Chair Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. His many publications include the Modern Language Association-award winning Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place as well as A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley's "Discreet Indifference" and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
A note on Spelling
Contributors
Introduction
Pet and Poet
Kevin A. Morrison
Part One: "Pedigree, Breed, and Verse"
Chapter One
Rethinking Pedigree in Victorian Women's Dog Poems
Fabienne Moine
Chapter Two
"Easily domesticated and bred": Canary Poetry in Victorian Periodicals
Catherine Burton
Chapter Three
Empathy and Kinship: Animal Poetry and Humane Societies during the
Victorian Age
Chelsea Medlock
Part Two: "Illness, Death, and Companion Species"
Chapter Four
"Darling, Darling Little Flushie": Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Dog Love
Kevin A. Morrison
Chapter Five
Still Lives: Apologetic Mourning in Victorian Dog Elegies
Keridiana Chez
Chapter Six
Grave Thoughts: Thomas Hardy's Elegies for Dead Pets
Christine Roth
Part Three: "Decadence, Symbolism, and the Dog"
Chapter Seven
Dog and Dogma: Canine Catholicism in Michael Field's Whym Chow: Flame of
Love
Matthew Margini
Chapter Eight
The Symbolist Dog: Arthur Symons Mourns Api
John Stokes
Afterword