Bestial traces race, sexuality, animality / [electronic resource] :
Christopher Peterson.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- viii, 200 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aping apes: Edgar Allan Poe's "The murders in the Rue Morgue" and Richard Wright's Native son -- Slavery's bestiary: Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales -- Autoimmunity and ante-racism: Philip Roth's The human stain -- Ashamed of shame: J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century American literature--History and criticism.--20th century Philosophical anthropology in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. Race in literature.