A01=William Welstead
agro-pastoral societies
animal studies
Author_William Welstead
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climate crisis
cultural landscapes
ecocriticism
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postcolonial poetry
sheep in poetry
Product details
- ISBN 9781526156570
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 May 2021
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Sheep are marginalised in literary criticism and in discussion of pastoral literature. This book brings an animal studies approach to poetry about sheep that allows for the agency of these sentient beings, that have been associated for humans over ten thousand years. This approach highlights the distinction between wild and domesticated species and the moral dilemma between the goals of animal welfare and those of saving species from extinction. Discussion of mostly contemporary poetry follows a new reading of works from the pastoral and georgic canon. Allowing for the sentience and sociality of this species makes it easier to imagine a natureculture within which to make kin across the species boundary. Reading poetry about sheep has the power to make new meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and problematic environment.
William Welstead is an independent scholar based on the Isle of Tiree
