Death and Compassion : The Elephant in Southern African Literature
| Death and Compassion : The Elephant in Southern African Literature |
| Autore | Wylie Dan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9968 |
| Soggetto topico |
Elephants in literature
Southern African literature (English) Wildlife conservation in literature |
| ISBN |
9781776142200
1776142209 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Compassion for elephants? -- 1. No Simple Sort of Mirror: Compassion and the precolonial -- 2. Experiments and Devastation: Early travelogues and the advent of zoology -- 3. A Most Delightful Mania: Hunters' tales and evasions -- 4. Not Very Good at Remorse: Elephants in fiction -- 5. A Tear Rolled down Her Face: Teen fiction and elephant mind -- 6. Bosses of the Bushveld: Game-ranger memoirs -- 7. Repeatedly Folded Frontier: The 'field-research memoir' -- 8. The Cult of the Remnant: The elephants of Knysna and Addo -- 9. The Elephant Is Unhappy: Poetry as compassion -- Afterword -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911008414503321 |
Wylie Dan
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| Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elephant [[electronic resource] /] / Dan Wylie
| Elephant [[electronic resource] /] / Dan Wylie |
| Autore | Wylie Dan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.67 |
| Collana | Animal |
| Soggetto topico |
Elephants
Pachyderms |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-79588-0
9786612795886 1-86189-615-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Elephant Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 Proboscidae; 2 An Astounding Physiology; 3 Representing Elephants; 4 Using Elephants; 5 Conservation; Timeline of the Elephant; References; Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457089903321 |
Wylie Dan
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| London, : Reaktion, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elephant / / Dan Wylie
| Elephant / / Dan Wylie |
| Autore | Wylie Dan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.67 |
| Collana | Animal |
| Soggetto topico |
Elephants
Pachyderms |
| ISBN |
1-282-79588-0
9786612795886 1-86189-615-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Elephant Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 Proboscidae; 2 An Astounding Physiology; 3 Representing Elephants; 4 Using Elephants; 5 Conservation; Timeline of the Elephant; References; Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910653101203321 |
Wylie Dan
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| London, : Reaktion, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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