Poetry and Animals

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Oerlemans, Onno, 1961– author.
Title: Poetry and animals: blurring the boundaries with the human /
Onno Oerlemans.
Description: New York: Columbia University, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017049986 | ISBN 9780231159548 (cloth: alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780231547420 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Animals in literature. | Exempla in literature. |
Anthropomorphism in literature. | Human-animal relationships in literature. |
Animal welfare in literature. | Animals—Symbolic aspects. | Poetry,
Modern—History and criticism. | Poetry, Medieval—History and criticism.
Classification: LCC PN1083.A5 O37 2018 | DDC 809.1/9362—dc
LC record available at https: //lccn .loc .gov /

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