Animal Texts - Critical Animal Concepts for American Environmental Literature

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Lauren E. Perry-Rummel is professor at the University of Arizona and is instructional consultant at the University of New Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren E. Perry-Rummel
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666937763
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-776-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Animals & society, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Animals and society, Literature: history and criticism