Lauren E. Perry-Rummel

Animal Texts

Critical Animal Concepts for American Environmental Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Animal Texts examines key works of American environmental literature for how they portray, discuss, and represent animals. The author establishes critical animal concepts that expand the understanding and knowledge of animal lives to promote conservation and meaningful reflection on current human-animal relationships.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781666937763
• ISBN-10: 1666937762
• Artikelnr.: 68536192

Autorenporträt

Lauren E. Perry-Rummel teaches English literature at the University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico and is an instructional designer at the University of New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1:
Animal Subjects: The White Heron, Wolf-Dog, and Surviving the
Industrialized World
Chapter 2:
Animal Time: Carson and Leopold on the Ecological Importance of Animal
Presence in Clocks and Calendars
Chapter 3:
The Animal in Abbey's Country: Rethinking Animal Consciousness
Chapter 4:
Memories Are for the Birds: Terry Tempest Williams's Memoir of Animal
Understanding
Chapter 5:
Animal Texts: How Animal Studies Enabled the Literary Success of Coyote
America and American Wolf and Gave Voice to American Animals
Conclusion
References
About the Author