Homeless dogs & melancholy apes humans and other animals in the modern literary imagination / [electronic resource] :
Homeless dogs and melancholy apes
Laura Brown.
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- xi, 156 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Speculative space : the rise of the animal in the modern imagination -- Mirror scene : the orangutan, the ancients, and the cult of sensibility -- Immoderate love : the lady and the lapdog -- Violent intimacy : the monkey and the marriage plot -- Dog narrative : itinerancy, diversity, and the Elysium for dogs.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism. American literature--History and criticism. Animals in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Pets in literature.