Novel Creatures

<p><em>Novel Creatures</em> takes a close look at the expanding interest in animals in modern times and argues that the novels of this period reveal a dramatic shift in conceptions of "creatureliness." Scholars have turned to the term "creaturely" recently to describe shared aspects of human and animal experience, thus moving beyond work that primarily attends to distinctions between the human and the animal. Carrying forward this recent scholarship, <i>Novel Creatures</i> argues that creatureliness has been an intensely millennial preoccupation, but in two contrasting forms—one leading up to the turn of the millennium, and the other appearing after the tragic events of 9/11.</p> <p><em>Acknowledgements</em></p><p></p><p>Introduction: Shared Catastrophe and the Call of the Creaturely</p><p>1 Trials by Water: Aquatic Landscapes, Questionable Sacrifices in Yann Martel and Linda Hogan</p><p>2 Ringing in Animals and Eras: At the Circus with Sara Gruen and Angela Carter</p><p>3 From Farm to Fable: Harvesting Humans in J. M. Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Michel Faber</p><p>4 Dwelling in the Future: Human-Animal Apocalypses in Indra Sinha and Barbara Gowdy</p><p></p><p>Coda: Tania James’s Millennial Elephant</p><p></p><p>Works Cited</p><p></p><p><em>Index</em></p>