The Rise Of Animals And Descent Of Man, 1660–1800: Toward Posthumanism In British Literature Between Descartes And Darwin

The Rise of Animals analyzes the intellectual origins of our changing attitudes about animals and illuminates major currents of eighteenth-century British literary culture. It offers new readings of works by Margaret Cavendish, William Cowper, Erasmus Darwin, and others.

• | Author: John Morillo
• | Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 22, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 161149673X
• | ISBN-13: 9781611496734