Creaturely Poetics: Animality and Vulnerability in Literature and Film Format:Paperback Pages: 291

Pages: 291

"but it is a dead-end road for anyone who seeks an understanding of what happened

reveals a surprisingly tender side of Kerouac

M ire worries that Murph is losing his memory

and basking in the light of golden sunsets as her father entertains her with fantastical stories

Creaturely Poetics: Animality and Vulnerability in Literature and Film Format:Paperback Pages: 291Simone Weil once wrote that "the vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence," establishing a relationship between vulnerability, beauty, and existence transcending the separation of species. Her conception of a radical ethics and aesthetics could be characterized as a new poetics of species, forcing a rethinking of the body's significance, both human and animal. Exploring the "logic of flesh" and the use