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Animals, Literature and the Politics of Representation

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  • © 2002

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  1. John Simons
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • John Simons
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Animal in Some Contemporary Thought

    • John Simons
    Pages 13-37

  4. Animal Rights in History

    • John Simons
    Pages 38-60

  5. A Chapter of Vulgar Errors

    • John Simons
    Pages 61-84

  6. The Animal as Symbol

    • John Simons
    Pages 85-115

  7. Anthropomorphism

    • John Simons
    Pages 116-139

  8. Transformation

    • John Simons
    Pages 140-172

  9. Towards a Conclusion and a Way Forward

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    Pages 173-192

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 193-218
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This book addresses the question of animal rights in the context of literary criticism. Working from a committed position, it asks the question, 'What would literary studies look like if we took animal rights seriously?' It offers critical surveys of the main themes in the history of animal rights and some of the more important contemporary positions together with readings of a wide range of literary texts from classical antiquity to the present day.

About the author

JOHN SIMONS is Head of the School of Humanities and Arts at Edge Hill College of Higher Education. Professor Simons has published extensively on literary topics ranging from the Middle English romances to the contemporary novel and has also written on the history of cricket, the social significance of vegetarianism and the recent war in Kosovo.

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