Creatural Fictions: Human-Animal Relationships in Twentieth- And Twenty-First-Century Literature

by David Herman

Book Overview

Examining how ideas about species, sexuality, and gender link to 20th- and 21st-century literary texts, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complicated yet evocative relationship between animals and humans within a literary context. Contributors discuss writers like Franz Kafka, J. R. Ackerley, and Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137520663
• ISBN13: 9781137520661
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"