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Dragon Red in Tooth and Claw: Darwin, Nature and Morality in Niall Griffiths’ Sheepshagger
Alyce von Rothkirch
Redefining the Fringes in Celtic Studies: Essays in Literature and Culture [working title], Pages: 145 - 158
Swansea University Author: Alyce von Rothkirch
Abstract
Chapter about questions of morality, agency, identity in a postcolonial Wales in Niall Griffiths' novel 'Sheepshagger' read through the theoretical lens of Animal Studies, esp. the popular (mis)conception of the theory of evolution.
| Published in: | Redefining the Fringes in Celtic Studies: Essays in Literature and Culture [working title] |
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| Published: |
Bern
Peter Lang
2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41194 |
| Abstract: |
Chapter about questions of morality, agency, identity in a postcolonial Wales in Niall Griffiths' novel 'Sheepshagger' read through the theoretical lens of Animal Studies, esp. the popular (mis)conception of the theory of evolution. |
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| Keywords: |
Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, animal studies, Darwin, evolution, evolutionary theory, nature, animals, morality, the law of the strong, empathy, compassion |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
145 |
| End Page: |
158 |