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Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature
S.K. Robisch
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Description for Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature
Paperback. The wolf is one of the most widely distributed canid species, historically ranging throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. This book examines the wolf's importance as a figure in literature from the perspectives of both the animal's physical reality and the ways in which writers imagine and portray it. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
This book presents a new perspective on the role of the wolf in American literature. The wolf is one of the most widely distributed canid species, historically ranging throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. For millennia, it has also been one of the most pervasive images in human mythology, art, and psychology. ""Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature"" examines the wolf's importance as a figure in literature from the perspectives of both the animal's physical reality and the ways in which writers imagine and portray it. Author S. K. Robisch examines more than two hundred texts written in ... Read more
This book presents a new perspective on the role of the wolf in American literature. The wolf is one of the most widely distributed canid species, historically ranging throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. For millennia, it has also been one of the most pervasive images in human mythology, art, and psychology. ""Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature"" examines the wolf's importance as a figure in literature from the perspectives of both the animal's physical reality and the ways in which writers imagine and portray it. Author S. K. Robisch examines more than two hundred texts written in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177732
SKU
V9780874177732
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About S.K. Robisch
S. K. Robisch is a former professor of American Literature and American Studies. He is currently an independent scholar who lives in Indiana with his wife, Patricia Henley, and their several pets.
Reviews for Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature
"Robisch raises ecocriticism to a new level of interdisciplinary rigor and range. His wolf book should become a new model for the study of animals in literature." - Glen Love, author of Practical Ecocriticism: Literature, Biology, and the Environment "This book offers a paradigm of ecocriticism that is based on thorough knowledge of its subject (both the literature and the ... Read more