Victorian animal dreams: representations of animals in Victorian literature and culture

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Contents: General editor's preface Introduction, Deborah Denenholz Morse and Martin A. Danahay. Part I Science and Sentiment: Animal angst: Victorians memorialize their pets, Teresa Mangum Victorian beetlemania, Cannon Schmitt Killing elephants: pathos and prestige in the 19th century, Nigel Rothfels Designs after nature: evolutionary fashions, animals and gender, Susan David Bernstein Dying like a dog in Great Expectations, Ivan Kreilkamp. Part II Sex and Violence: Nature red in hoof and paw: domestic animals and violence in Victorian culture, Martin A. Danahay 'The crossing o' breeds' in The Mill on the Floss, Mary Jean Corbett Horses and social/sexual dominance, Elsie B. Michie Pacific harvests: whales and albatrosses in 19th-century markets, Anca Vlasopolos. Part III Sin and Bestiality: 'The mark of the beast': animals as sites of imperial encounter from Wuthering Heights to Green Mansions, Deborah Denenholz Morse Beastly criminals and criminal beasts: stray women and stray dogs in Oliver Twist, Grace Moore The sin of sloths: the moral status of fossil megatheria in Victorian culture, Alan Rauch Tiger tales, Heather Schell The empire bites back: the racialized crocodile of the 19th century, Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge Afterword, Harriet Ritvo Index.