Animal writing : storytelling, selfhood and the limits of empathy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sands, Danielle (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Series:	Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
Subjects:	Animals in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Fiction. Empathy in literature. 17.80 literary theory: general. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : ten statements about empathy and animal studies
Fragile bodies, cross-species empathy and suspended allegories : 'it hurt, it was painful - that's all there is to say'
Anthropomorphism and the 'Ends of Man' in the Anthropocene : 'My chimp nature'
Telling nonhuman stories : 'The secret contours of objects'
The sexual politics of nature writing and lepidoptery : 'The siren song of entomology'
Insect ethics and aesthetics : 'Their blood does not stain our hands'
Conclusion.