Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Leonard Woolf in the jungle; 2. David Garnett and zoo fictions; 3. Virginia Woolf and animal biography; 4. E. M. Forster's nonhuman bundle; 5. David Garnett, flight and earthly creatures.

Promotional Information

Argues that the Bloomsbury group's fascination with beasts was integral to their exploration of imperialism, race, gender, sexuality and technology.

About the Author

Derek Ryan is Senior Lecturer in Modernist Literature at the University of Kent. His previous publications include Animal Theory: A Critical Introduction (2015) and the co-edited volumes The Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group (2018) and Reading Literary Animals: Medieval to Modern (2019).