Animals and Animal Rights

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Chapter 26 - Animals and Animal Rights

from Part III - Historical and Cultural Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2019

Emily E. VanDette

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John Bird

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Mark Twain was a lifelong lover of animals, particularly cats and dogs, and he wrote about animals throughout his writing career: his first national success, “The Jumping Frog,” included a variety of animals, and in his last decade, he wrote works on behalf of animal rights, including “A Dog’s Tale” and “A Horse’s Tale.” Late in his life, he was a prominent spokesman for animal rights and anti-vivisection. He called man “the lowest animal,” but his regard for and interest in other animals never wavered.

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Mark Twain Samuel Clemens animals animal rights vivisection anti-vivisection cats dogs horses

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Information: Mark Twain in Context , pp. 264 - 273

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108617208.028 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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