Speaking for Animals: Animal Autobiographical Writing

Book Overview

For thousands of years, in the myths and folktales of people around the world, animals have spoken in human tongues. Western and non-Western literary and folkloric traditions are filled with both speaking animals, some of whom even narrate or write their own autobiographies. Animals speak, famously, in children's stories and in cartoons and films, and today, social networking sites and blogs are both sites in which animals--primarily pets--write...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415808995
• ISBN13: 9780415808996
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"