Controlling Animals: Vain Attempts at Immortality in Three Works of Fiction

By Michael Paul Reichstein

The central thesis of this book is to utilize the notion of the heroic ideal and the immortality projects that humans pursue to fulfill that ideal. This analytical framework will shed light on how characters in select novels impose their will on and subjugate animals in a futile attempt to avert death.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631916744
• ISBN13: 9783631916742
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"