{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-care-on-the-literary-treatment-of-animals-9781501317194","title":"The Aesthetics of Care: On the Literary Treatment of Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Josephine Donovan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this important new book from a distinguished scholar, Josephine Donovan develops a new aesthetics of care, which she establishes as the basis for a critical approach to the representation of animals in literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Care\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a guide to the relationship between ethics and aesthetics, leading to a reconceptualization of key literary critical terms such as \u003ci\u003emimesis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ecatharsis\u003c\/i\u003e, before moving on to an applied section, with interpretations of the specific treatment of animals handled by a wide range of authors, including Willa Cather, Leo Tolstoy, George Sand, and J.M. Coetzee. The book closes with three concluding theoretical chapters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Clear, original, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Care\u003c\/i\u003e introduces and makes new contributions to a number of burgeoning areas of study and debate: aesthetics and ethics, critical theory, animal ethics, and ecofeminist criticism.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45086709219479,"sku":"9781501317194","price":18997.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501317194.webp?v=1767142987","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-aesthetics-of-care-on-the-literary-treatment-of-animals-9781501317194","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}