Animals and Their Children in Victorian Culture (Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture)

By: Brenda Ayres and Sarah Elizabeth Maier

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Synopsis: Whether a secularized morality, biblical worldview, or unstated set of mores, the Victorian period can and always will be distinguished from those before and after for its pervasive sense of the "proper way" of thinking, speaking, doing, and acting. Animals in literature taught Victorian children how to be behave. If you are a postmodern posthumanist, you might argue, "But the animals in literature did not write their own accounts." Animal characters may be the creations of writers’ imagination, but animals did and do exist in their own right, as did and do humans. The original essays in Animals and Their Children in Victorian explore the representation of animals in children’s literature by resisting an anthropomorphized perception of them. Instead of focusing on the domestication of animals, this book analyzes how animals in literature "civilize" children, teaching them how to get along with fellow creatures—both human and nonhuman.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781000760125
Related ISBNs:: 9781003004035, 9780367416102, 9780367416102
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/09/19
Copyrighted By:: Taylor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Teens, Animals, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Brenda Ayres
Edited by:: Sarah Elizabeth Maier