Romanticism and animal rights

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Title:

Romanticism and animal rights

Author:

Perkins, David, 1928-

Personal Author:

Perkins, David, 1928-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2003]

Physical Description:

xvi, 190 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 58

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 58.

Language:

English

Contents:

In the beginning of animal rights -- Grounds for argument -- Keeping pets: William Cowper and his hares -- Barbarian pleasures: against hunting -- Savage amusements of the poor: John Clare's badger sonnets -- Work animals, slaves, servants: Coleridge's young ass -- The slaughterhouse and the kitchen: Charles Lamb's 'Dissertation upon Roast Pig' -- Caged birds and wild.

Subject Term:

English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Animals in literature.

English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.

Animal welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Animal welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Animal rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Animal rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Human-animal relationships in literature.

Romanticism -- Great Britain.

ISBN:

9780521829410