Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out

Book Overview

This book begins with the assumption that the presence of non-human creatures causes an always-already uncanny rift in human assumptions about reality. Exploring the dark side of animal nature and the 'otherness' of animals as viewed by humans, and employing cutting-edge theory on non-human animals, eco-criticism, literary and cultural theory, this book takes the Gothic genre into new territory.

After the dissemination of Darwin's theories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030345394
• ISBN13: 9783030345396
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"