Writing on Sheep: Ecology, The Animal Turn and Sheep in Poetry - Couverture rigide

Welstead, William

 
9781526156570: Writing on Sheep: Ecology, The Animal Turn and Sheep in Poetry
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1526156571 ISBN 13 : 9781526156570
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Sheep are marginalised in literary criticism and in discussion of pastoral literature. This book brings an animal studies approach to poetry about sheep that allows for the agency of these sentient beings, that have been associated for humans over ten thousand years. This approach highlights the distinction between wild and domesticated species and the moral dilemma between the goals of animal welfare and those of saving species from extinction. Discussion of mostly contemporary poetry follows a new reading of works from the pastoral and georgic canon. Allowing for the sentience and sociality of this species makes it easier to imagine a natureculture within which to make kin across the species boundary. Reading poetry about sheep has the power to make new meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and problematic environment.

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À propos de l'auteur

William Welstead is an independent scholar based on the Isle of Tiree

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1526156571
ISBN 13 
9781526156570
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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