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Cover -- Reading Veganism: The Monstrous Vegan, 1818 To Present -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Illustration -- Introduction: The Monstrous Vegan -- Defining Veganism -- Vegan Literature -- Vegan Theory -- Veganism And Queer Theory -- Veganism And The Monstrous -- Chapter Outline -- Part I -- 1: Mary Shelley And The Conception Of The Monstrous Vegan -- Romantic Vegetarianism -- Defining The Monstrous Vegan -- 'acorns And Berries Afford Me Sufficient Nourishment' -- 'the Dissecting Room And The Slaughterhouse Furnished Many Of My Materials' 'a New Species Would Bless Me As Its Creator And Source' -- 'i Bid My Hideous Progeny Go Forth And Prosper' -- 'will You Laugh At The Enthusiasm I Express?' -- 2: H. G. Wells And Monstrous Vegan Desires -- Late-nineteenth Century Vegetarianism -- Re-writing The Monstrous Vegan -- 3: Margaret Atwood And Monstrous Vegan Words -- All Gods Are Carnivorous -- The Maddaddam Trilogy -- The Crakers -- The God's Gardeners -- The Problem Of Eating -- Part Ii -- 4: J. M. Coetzee And Monstrous Vegan Performativity -- Theorizing Attention -- Elizabeth Costello As Monstrous Vegan -- Confronting Knowledge Performing Veganism -- Distance And Detachment -- 5: Alan Hollinghurst And Monstrous Vegan Camp -- Vegan Camp -- Big Cocks And Old Tofu Burgers -- The Intolerable Meaning Of Meat -- Camping Frankenstein -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index Emelia Quinn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.