The Meaning of Animals in the First Farm Revolts: From Kostomarov’s Ukraine to Reymont’s Poland at the Turn of the 20th Century

In 1945, George Orwell published Animal Farm, a critique of Cold War totalitarianism wherein animals acquire human speech, walk on two legs, and ultimately oppress themselves once gaining power. Its concern for the lived experience of farmed animals is marginal. But it was not the first farm animal...

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Main Author: Thomas Aiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2024-11-01
Series:Text Matters
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/24210
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