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The Philosophy of ‘Fish’

Author(s) -

Helena Hastings-Gayle

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

leviathan interdisciplinary journal in english

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2446-3981

DOI - 10.7146/lev.v0i4.112678

Subject(s) - poetry , fish <actinopterygii> , perspective (graphical) , identity (music) , human animal , aesthetics , sociology , epistemology , environmental ethics , philosophy , art , ecology , linguistics , fishery , visual arts , biology , livestock

Animals occupy a unique form of experience relative to our own. Our encounters with them often lead to contemplations of human perspective and identity. This essay analyses the human-animal encounter in D.H. Lawrence’s poem ‘Fish’ and the speaker's approaches in comprehending the other. The essay extrapolates this to explore ideas of knowledge and identify the poem's challenges to anthropomorphic perspectives and Christian principles

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