Creative Compassion, Literature and Animal Welfare

by Michael J. Gilmour

Book Overview

This book examines animal welfare themes in fiction, and considers how authors of the last two centuries undermine dominative attitudes toward the nonhuman. Appearing alongside the emerging humane movements of the nineteenth century and beyond is a kind of storytelling sympathetic to protectionist efforts well-described as a literature of protest. Compassion-inclined tales like the Dolittle adventures by Hugh Lofting educate readers on a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030554325
• ISBN13: 9783030554323
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"