Minor Creatures: Persons, Animals, and the Victorian Novel
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In the nineteenth century, richly-drawn social fiction became one of England's major cultural exports. At the same time, a surprising companion came to stand alongside the novel as a key embodiment of British identity: the domesticated pet. In works by authors from the Brontës to Eliot, from Dickens to Hardy, animals appeared as markers of domestic coziness and familial kindness. Yet for all their supposed significance, the animals in nineteenth-century...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:022657637X
ISBN13:9780226576374
Release Date:November 2018
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 14.5" x 8.7"
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