Author

Publication

2015-04-06 - University of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

69,000 words, Guess

Page Count

276 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10022623939X
  • ISBN-139780226239392
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014023743
  • OCLC Control Number881592361
  • Better World Books9780226239392
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Classifications

  • LCCPR555.A52 M46 2015
  • LCCQL775.M454 2015

Description

During the 18th century, some of the most popular British poetry showed a responsiveness to animals that anticipated the later language of animal rights. Such poems were widely cited in later years by legislators advocating animal welfare laws like Martin's Act of 1822, which provided protections for livestock. In 'The Animal Claim', Tobias Menely links the poetics of sensibility with Enlightenment political philosophy, the rise of the humanitarian public, and the fate of sentimentality, as well as longstanding theoretical questions about voice as a medium of communication.

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  • The Animal ClaimPaperbackUniversity of Chicago Press2015-04-06

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