1st Edition

Pro-Animal Poetics Poetry of D. H. Lawrence and Ted Hughes

By Krishanu Maiti Copyright 2027
144 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a comprehensive study of animal representations through the lens of Animal Studies. Inspired from posthumanist thinkers, the book challenges anthropocentric biases to rethink and reconsider human-animal relationships. It examines works of two renowned pro-animal poets D. H. Lawrence and Ted Hughes, chosen for their repudiation of ‘abstract thought’ and celebration of ‘animalness... Read more

Introduction: Unthinking and Rethinking ‘Animal’

 

Chapter 1: Animal Alterity: D.H. Lawrence and Human Epistemological Limits

 

Chapter 2: Tangle of Existence: D. H. Lawrence and Moral Sensibility

 

Chapter 3: Animal Superiority: Ted Hughes and Critique of Anthropocentrism

 

Chapter 4: Ethics of Care: Ted Hughes and Animal Victims

 

Final Imprints

Biography

Krishanu Maiti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, affiliated with Vidyasagar University, India. He earned his doctoral degree specialising in the Representation of Animals in Modernist Poetry. Dr. Maiti has edited two scholarly books: Posthumanist Perspectives on Literary and Cultural Animals (2021) and Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Critique (2019). His co-authored essay on ‘Veganism’ is included in The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies. He has been invited to deliver lectures on Literary Animal Studies to graduate students and early-career research scholars at various institutions. His areas of interest include Critical Animal Studies, Posthumanism and Environmental Humanities.