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Animal Presence and Human Identity in Modern Literature: (Dis)Figurations of Humanimality from Shakespeare to Desai (Hardcover)

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Animal Presence and Human Identity in Modern Literature is an exploration of literary representations of the human-animal encounter in modernity that press human "being" to its limits. Texts studied include Shakespeare's King Lear, Eliot's Middlemarch, Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau, Atwood's Surfacing, and Desai's Clear Light of Day.

About the Author

Kimberly W. Benston is Francis B. Gummere Professor of English and Africana Studies at Haverford College, where he has also served as Provost and President.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781785279607
ISBN-10: 1785279602
Publisher: Anthem Press
Publication Date: May 14th, 2024
Pages: 250
Language: English
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