Beastly journeys travel and transformation at the fin de siècle

Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the countless creatures that crowd the pages of literature of the late nineteenth century. Whether in Gothic novels, science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, journalism, political discourse, realism or naturalism...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Youngs, Tim, 1961- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press 2013.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the unchaining of the beast
  • City creatures
  • The bat and the beetle
  • Morlocks, martians, and beast-people
  • 'Beast and man so mixty': the fairy tales of George MacDonald
  • Oscar Wilde: 'an unclean beast'.