Modern Animalism: Habitats of Scarcity and Wealth in Comics and Literature

Glenn Willmott

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

Modern Animalism

Habitats of Scarcity and Wealth in Comics and Literature

Glenn Willmott

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442695580

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About this book

Drawing on a wide range of scholarship, from environmental economics to psychology, Glenn Willmott examines modern and post-modern allegories of the environment, the animal, and economics, highlighting the enduring and seductive appeal of the modern primitive in an age when living with less remains a powerful cultural wish.

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Willmott Glenn :

Glenn Willmott is a professor in the Department of English at Queen's University.

Reviews

Beverly Haun:
‘Glenn Wilmott’s Modern Animalism offers elegant new reading of the modern rea through an ecological lens… Wilmott has tapped into the discomfiting zeitgeist of our time and shaped discussion to which literary scholars can add their voices.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Modern Habitats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter Two. Problem Creatures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Chapter Three. Surviving History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter Four. Growing Wonder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 160
Keywords: DISCOUNT-B

eBook

Published: December 31, 2011
ISBN: 9781442695580