Poetic Animals and Animal Souls
This book offers a new paradigm for reading and appreciating animals in literature and addresses how human culture views animals in poetry. Part one sets up a theoretical overview and posits some aesthetic and ethical ideals for transposing animals into a
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POETIC ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SOULS
RANDY MALAMUD
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POETIC ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SOULS
© Randy Malamud, 2003 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-1-4039-6178-5
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLANTM 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-73138-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-06349-6
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Malamud, Randy, 1962Poetic animals and animal souls/by Randy Malamud. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.). 1.American poetry-20th century-History and criticism. 2. Animals in literature. 3. English poetry-20th century-History and criticism. 4. Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972-Views on animals. S. Pacheco, Jose Emilio-Views on animals. 6. Human-animal relationships in literature. I. Title. PS310.A49 M3S 2003 811 '.509362dc-21
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: March, 2003 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Transferred to Digital Printing 2009
For Benjamin Simonds-Malamud (whose animal soul may be a bunny)
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
IX
Part I An Ecocritical Ethics of Reading 1. On Knowing (and Not Knowing) Animals
3
Poetic Animals
49
2. Mesoamerican Spirituality and Animal Co-Essences
51
3. Jose Emilio Pacheco: "I saw a dying fish''
77
4. Marianne Moore: "flies in amber"
93
Part II
5. Smith, Larkin, Snyder, Heaney, Rogers: "we should be kind"
137
Notes Works Cited Index
189 191 197
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I want to acknowledge the advice and support of a group of colleagues, fellow travelers in ecocriticism and anthrozoology whose work inspires my own and whose insights I have always valued monumentally: Ralph Acampora, Steve Baker, Charles Bergman, Erica Fudge, Cheryll Glotfelty, Gary Gossen, Dale Jamieson, Rod Preece, Harriet Ritvo, Marian Scholtmeijer, Julie Smith, Kenneth Shapiro, and Molly Westling. Without Margaret Sayers Peden's masterful translation of Pacheco, I could not have appreciated fully the power of his poetry. At Georgia State, a cadre of wonderful administrators, colleagues, and students have been-as always-immensely supportive of my work. I am grateful to be able to work in such a rich intellectual climate. I thank especially Ahmed Abdelal, Lauren Adamson, David Blumenfeld, Bob Sattelmeyer, Matthew Roudane, Marta Hess, Tammy Cole, Heather Russel, Greg George, and
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