How Is It Then with the Whale? : Using Scientific Data to Explore Textual Embodiment

According to Glen Love in Practical Ecocriticism , ecocriticism's primary challenge is the engagement of the nonhuman world in critical analysis. To engage one aspect of the nonhuman world, the animal "other" and its role in literature, ecocritics must consult scientific studies of th...

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Published in:Configurations
Main Author: Calkins, Jennifer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2010
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Sperm whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/con.2010.0005
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spelling crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/con.2010.0005 2024-05-19T07:49:03+00:00 How Is It Then with the Whale? : Using Scientific Data to Explore Textual Embodiment Calkins, Jennifer 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/con.2010.0005 en eng Project MUSE Configurations volume 18, issue 1-2, page 31-47 ISSN 1080-6520 journal-article 2010 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/con.2010.0005 2024-05-02T09:27:08Z According to Glen Love in Practical Ecocriticism , ecocriticism's primary challenge is the engagement of the nonhuman world in critical analysis. To engage one aspect of the nonhuman world, the animal "other" and its role in literature, ecocritics must consult scientific studies of the sensory, cognitive, and behavioral worlds of animals. Current studies are upending previously held scientific and cultural assumptions about many animals, and the idea of "animal" itself. This essay presents examples of such research in the study of the avian brain and visual system, then goes on to examine the iconic embodiment of the sperm whale in Melville's Moby-Dick . Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale Johns Hopkins University Press Configurations 18 1-2 31 47
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description According to Glen Love in Practical Ecocriticism , ecocriticism's primary challenge is the engagement of the nonhuman world in critical analysis. To engage one aspect of the nonhuman world, the animal "other" and its role in literature, ecocritics must consult scientific studies of the sensory, cognitive, and behavioral worlds of animals. Current studies are upending previously held scientific and cultural assumptions about many animals, and the idea of "animal" itself. This essay presents examples of such research in the study of the avian brain and visual system, then goes on to examine the iconic embodiment of the sperm whale in Melville's Moby-Dick .
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