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Lactilla Tends Her Fav´rite Cow: Ecocritical Readings of Animals and Women in Eighteenth-Century British Labouring-Class Women´s Poetry
Anne Milne
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Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
This volume brings together issues of gender, class, and species through a study of a selection of poetry by five eighteenth-century British laboring-class women poets: Mary Collier, Mary Leapor, Elizabeth Hands, Ann Yearsley, and Janet Little. Extending the feminist concept of 'interlocking oppressions' to include a consideration of the link between women and animals, Lactilla Tends her Fav'rite Cow benefits from the foundations set by earlier studies of laboring-class writers even as it extends their conclusions through the use of an explicitly ecocritical perspective. As well, the book's specific focus on the period between 1740 and 1800 contributes to furthering ... Read more
This volume brings together issues of gender, class, and species through a study of a selection of poetry by five eighteenth-century British laboring-class women poets: Mary Collier, Mary Leapor, Elizabeth Hands, Ann Yearsley, and Janet Little. Extending the feminist concept of 'interlocking oppressions' to include a consideration of the link between women and animals, Lactilla Tends her Fav'rite Cow benefits from the foundations set by earlier studies of laboring-class writers even as it extends their conclusions through the use of an explicitly ecocritical perspective. As well, the book's specific focus on the period between 1740 and 1800 contributes to furthering ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482935
SKU
V9781611482935
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99-15
About Anne Milne
Anne Milne is assistant professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.
Reviews for Lactilla Tends Her Fav´rite Cow: Ecocritical Readings of Animals and Women in Eighteenth-Century British Labouring-Class Women´s Poetry
'... Milne's study is essential reading for specialists interested in what a historically sensitive ecocriticism can bring to our understanding of these labouring-class women poets and their work.'
William J. Christmas, San Francisco State University
Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Summer 2009
William J. Christmas, San Francisco State University
Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Summer 2009