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Why have so many women turned to animals in their writing—and what does that reveal about our shared world?
Women Who Write Animals: Female Literary Representations of the More-Than-Human World brings to light the rich and often overlooked legacy of Anglophone women writers who, from the late eighteenth century to the present, have engaged powerfully and provocatively with animal life. From activists and scientists to poets and novelists, these authors have reshaped how we imagine animals—and, in turn, ourselves.
Drawing on ecofeminism, animal studies, and posthumanist thought, the essays gathered here explore intimate interspecies bonds, political resistance, ethical entanglements, and alternative ways of knowing and inhabiting the world. Combining original archival research with innovative critical approaches, this collection reclaims women’s central role in rethinking nature and challenges readers to envision a more compassionate, relational, and interconnected planet.
Women Who Write Animals: Female Literary Representations of the More-Than-Human World brings to light the rich and often overlooked legacy of Anglophone women writers who, from the late eighteenth century to the present, have engaged powerfully and provocatively with animal life. From activists and scientists to poets and novelists, these authors have reshaped how we imagine animals—and, in turn, ourselves.
Drawing on ecofeminism, animal studies, and posthumanist thought, the essays gathered here explore intimate interspecies bonds, political resistance, ethical entanglements, and alternative ways of knowing and inhabiting the world. Combining original archival research with innovative critical approaches, this collection reclaims women’s central role in rethinking nature and challenges readers to envision a more compassionate, relational, and interconnected planet.
Price: $147.00
Pages: 324
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Nature, Culture and Literature
Publication Date:
14 May 2026
ISBN: 9789004754577
Format: Hardcover
Lorraine Kerslake (PhD.) is Professor of Literature and Literary Theory in the English Department at the University of Alicante, Spain. She is affiliated with the Research Institute for Gender Studies and is also a member of the research group GIECO (UAH). Her research covers ecocriticism, ecofeminism, children’s literature and posthumanism. She is the author of The Voice of Nature in Ted Hughes’s Writing for Children (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of Imaginative Ecologies (Brill, 2022).
Diana Villanueva-Romero (PhD.) is Associate Professor at the University of Extremadura, Spain. She is a member of the research groups GIECO (UAH) and CILEM (UEx) and of the Institute for Linguistics and Applied Languages (LINGLAP, UEx). Her research interests focus on Anglophone literatures and their intersections with the environmental humanities. In 2022 she co-edited Imaginative Ecologies (Brill, 2022).
Diana Villanueva-Romero (PhD.) is Associate Professor at the University of Extremadura, Spain. She is a member of the research groups GIECO (UAH) and CILEM (UEx) and of the Institute for Linguistics and Applied Languages (LINGLAP, UEx). Her research interests focus on Anglophone literatures and their intersections with the environmental humanities. In 2022 she co-edited Imaginative Ecologies (Brill, 2022).