Hoofbeats, Groans, and Milk: Domesticated Animals and Gendered Bodies in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

This study scrutinizes William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930), foregrounding the concept of the "animetaphor"—a term that encapsulates the metaphorical deployment of animals as a prism through which gender identity is interrogated within the text. By unraveling Faulkner's intricate depictions of a...

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Publicado en:Mississippi Quarterly Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 205 - 229
Autor principal: Romdhani, Mourad
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Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press 2025
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