Victorian Pets and Poetry (Paperback, 1)

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations A note on Spelling Contributors Introduction Pet and Poet Kevin A. Morrison Part One: "Pedigree, Breed, and Verse" Chapter One Rethinking Pedigree in Victorian Women’s Dog Poems Fabienne Moine Chapter Two "Easily domesticated and bred": Canary Poetry in Victorian Periodicals Catherine Burton Chapter Three Empathy and Kinship: Animal Poetry and Humane Societies during the Victorian Age Chelsea Medlock Part Two: "Illness, Death, and Companion Species" Chapter Four "Darling, Darling Little Flushie": Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Dog Love Kevin A. Morrison Chapter Five Still Lives: Apologetic Mourning in Victorian Dog Elegies Keridiana Chez Chapter Six Grave Thoughts: Thomas Hardy’s Elegies for Dead Pets Christine Roth Part Three: "Decadence, Symbolism, and the Dog" Chapter Seven Dog and Dogma: Canine Catholicism in Michael Field’s Whym Chow: Flame of Love Matthew Margini Chapter Eight The Symbolist Dog: Arthur Symons Mourns Api John Stokes Afterword