{"product_id":"writing-on-sheep","title":"Writing on Sheep","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eReading poetry about sheep\u003c\/i\u003e has the power to make new meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and problematic environment.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54222390788440,"sku":"9781526156570","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/writing-on-sheep","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}