“Doncher be too sure of that!”: Children, Dogs, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s Early Posthumanism
This essay traces posthuman thought in stories about dogs and children by nineteenth-century American author Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Drawing from the writings of Phelps and her anti-vivisectionist contemporaries and from recent posthuman philosophy, I analyze the ways in which Phelps’ focus on medi...
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Published in | Bookbird Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 10 - 23 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2015
Bookbird, Inc |
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Summary: | This essay traces posthuman thought in stories about dogs and children by nineteenth-century American author Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Drawing from the writings of Phelps and her anti-vivisectionist contemporaries and from recent posthuman philosophy, I analyze the ways in which Phelps’ focus on medical experimentation became a way for her to theorize the place of the nonhuman animal in fiction for children. |
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ISSN: | 0006-7377 1918-6983 1918-6983 |
DOI: | 10.1353/bkb.2015.0016 |