Afterword

alphabet for animalists

Lubomir Doležel

pp. 275-303

in: Donald Wesling, Animal perception and literary language, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Abstract

The Afterword and Bibliography are "For Animalists," using a term defined in the Preface and in Chapters 3–4, because of the author's wish to recruit the reader of this book to the ranks of a new kind of person. The Afterword extends and concludes the book in a space closer to political action, by these means: mini-stories on topics from alphabets to zoos; direct argument with friends and antagonists; striking statements on the animal question from a careful selection of recent writings by scholars who push further the theme of the book.