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That Savage Gaze - (Unknown Nineteenth Century) by Ian M Helfant (Paperback)

That Savage Gaze - (Unknown Nineteenth Century) by  Ian M Helfant (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Imperial Russia's large wolf populations were demonized, persecuted, tormented, and sometimes admired.<i> That Savage Gaze </i>explores the significance of wolves in pre-revolutionary Russia utilizing the perspectives of cultural studies, ecocriticism, and human-animal studies.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Imperial Russia's large wolf populations were demonized, persecuted, tormented, and sometimes admired.<i> That Savage Gaze </i>explores the significance of wolves in pre-revolutionary Russia utilizing the perspectives of cultural studies, ecocriticism, and human-animal studies.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p></p><p>"Minutely researched and grippingly presented, with vivid illustrations, <i>That Savage Gaze</i> is a fine example of ecocriticism: as representations of wolves lend us insight into the context of nineteenth-century Russian society, we follow Russian writers' struggles to see the world through lupine eyes. It's time to reintroduce the wolf, and other threatened species, to Russian Studies." --Muireann Maguire, University of Exeter, <i>Slavonic and East European Review</i> Vol. 79, No. 3</p><br><p></p>--Muireann Maguire "Slavonic and East European Review"<br><br><p>"Although Ian Helfant teaches Russian literature and language at Colgate University, <i>That Savage Gaze </i>presents the reader with a historical narrative: a shift in depictions of wolves in Russian literature during the Golden and Silver Ages, and especially in those isolated moments when human characters look directly into the eyes of wild animals. ... Helfant provides scholars with an illuminating instance when literature, medicine, and environmental ethics converged, leading to surprising outcomes." --Stephen Brain, Mississippi State University, the <i>Russian Review</i> Vol. 78, No. 3<i></i></p>--Stephen Brain "The Russian Review"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ian M. Helfant </b>holds a joint position in Russian & Eurasian Studies and Environmental Studies at Colgate University, where he began teaching in 1998. His previous publications include <i>The High Stakes of Identity: Gambling in the Life and Literature of Nineteenth-Century Russia</i> and many articles on imperial Russia.

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