{"product_id":"9781526156570","title":"Writing on sheep","description":"Author: William Welstead\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526156570\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 May 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheep are marginalised in literary criticism and in discussion of pastoral literature. This book brings an animal studies approach to poetry about sheep that allows for the agency of these sentient beings, that have been associated for humans over ten thousand years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis approach highlights the distinction between wild and domesticated species and the moral dilemma between the goals of animal welfare and those of saving species from extinction. Discussion of mostly contemporary poetry follows a new reading of works from the pastoral and georgic canon. Allowing for the sentience and sociality of this species makes it easier to imagine a natureculture within which to make kin across the species boundary. Reading poetry about sheep has the power to make new meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and problematic environment. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920515678366,"sku":"ING-9781526156570","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526156570.jpg?v=1782822693","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526156570","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}