The Political Lives of Victorian Animals: Liberal Creatures in Literature and Culture
- ISBN-10
- 1108492967
- ISBN-13
- 9781108492966
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-06-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Anna Feuerstein
Description
Examines how liberal thought influenced representations of animals within nineteenth-century animal welfare discourse and the Victorian novel.
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