Morrison, Kevin A., 1976-
Victorian pets and poetry / Kevin A. Morrison. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in nineteenth century literature .
"Some of the most celebrated poets of the Victorian era wrote-at times movingly or humorously-about their pets. They did so in a wider literary context, for poetry about pets was ubiquitous in the period. Animal welfare organizations utilized poems about canine and feline suffering in institutional publications to call attention to various abuses. Elegies and epitaphs over the loss of a beloved cat, songbird, or dog were printed on funeral cards, tombstones, and appeared in mass-produced poetry collections as well as those intended for an intimate circle of friends. Yet poems about pets, as well as attendant issues such as breeding and overpopulation, have not received the kind of critical analysis devoted to fictional works and short stories. With an introduction, afterword, and eight essays offering new perspectives on significant as well as lesser known poems, Victorian Pets and Poetry remedies this omission"--
9781003168782 1003168787 9781000382198 1000382192 9781000382235 1000382230
English poetry--History and criticism.--19th century
Pets in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
PR595.P48
821/.809362
Victorian pets and poetry / Kevin A. Morrison. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in nineteenth century literature .
"Some of the most celebrated poets of the Victorian era wrote-at times movingly or humorously-about their pets. They did so in a wider literary context, for poetry about pets was ubiquitous in the period. Animal welfare organizations utilized poems about canine and feline suffering in institutional publications to call attention to various abuses. Elegies and epitaphs over the loss of a beloved cat, songbird, or dog were printed on funeral cards, tombstones, and appeared in mass-produced poetry collections as well as those intended for an intimate circle of friends. Yet poems about pets, as well as attendant issues such as breeding and overpopulation, have not received the kind of critical analysis devoted to fictional works and short stories. With an introduction, afterword, and eight essays offering new perspectives on significant as well as lesser known poems, Victorian Pets and Poetry remedies this omission"--
9781003168782 1003168787 9781000382198 1000382192 9781000382235 1000382230
English poetry--History and criticism.--19th century
Pets in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
PR595.P48
821/.809362