Writing on Sheep - Ecology, the Animal Turn and Sheep in Poetry (Hardcover)

Sheep are marginalised in literary criticism and in discussion of pastoral literature. This book brings an animal studies approach to poetry about sheep that allows for the agency of these sentient beings, that have been associated for humans over ten thousand years. This approach highlights the distinction between wild and domesticated species and the moral dilemma between the goals of animal welfare and those of saving species from extinction. Discussion of mostly contemporary poetry follows a new reading of works from the pastoral and georgic canon. Allowing for the sentience and sociality of this species makes it easier to imagine a natureculture within which to make kin across the species boundary. Reading poetry about sheep has the power to make new meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and problematic environment. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	William Welstead
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-5657-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology
LSN:	1-5261-5657-1
Barcode:	9781526156570

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