Title Romanticism and animal rights / David Perkins

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages) Series Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 58 Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 58. 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 Summary In England in the second half of the eighteenth century an unprecedented amount of writing urged kindness to animals: from sermons and encyclopedias to the work of the great Romantic poets. Romanticism and Animal Rights shows how English Romantic writing took up issues of what we now call animal rights Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-174) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Animal rights Animal welfare Animals in literature English literature Human-animal relationships in literature Romanticism Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511062877 9780511062872 0511121601 9780511121609 0511071337 9780511071331 0521829410 9780521829410 9780511484421 0511484429 9780521045988 0521045983

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