Review of "Poetry and Animals: Blurring the Boundaries with the Human" by Onno Oerlemans (Columbia University Press)

Onno Oerlemans’s 'Poetry and Animals: Blurring the Boundaries with the Human' offers a wide-ranging exploration of the different ways animals figure in poetry. Grounded in close readings of selected poems, the book considers in turn poetry that treats animals as allegorical figures, symbol...

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Main Author:	Anne Llewellyn Morgan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cultural Studies Association 2020-08-01
Series:	Lateral
Subjects:	animal studies poetry species hybridity literary studies
Online Access:	https://csalateral.org/reviews/poetry-animals-blurring-boundaries-human-oerlemans-morgan/

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description	Onno Oerlemans’s 'Poetry and Animals: Blurring the Boundaries with the Human' offers a wide-ranging exploration of the different ways animals figure in poetry. Grounded in close readings of selected poems, the book considers in turn poetry that treats animals as allegorical figures, symbols of nature, representatives of a species, and individual beings. Oerlemans argues that reading poetry about animals models how to cultivate careful attention to the natural world. He also argues that poetry can complicate the divide between humans and other animals. The book is recommended for scholars embarking on animal studies projects and for use in the classroom.
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Review of "Poetry and Animals: Blurring the Boundaries with the Human" by Onno Oerlemans (Columbia University Press)

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