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Caring to heed the voice of animals -- Interspecies dialogue: the case for animal languages -- The inside story -- Subjectivity, telos, and ethical meaning -- Animal dignity -- Radical natural law -- The new materialism and the question of subjectivity -- Panpsychism, participatory epistemology, and cosmic sympathy -- Ethical mimesis and emergence aesthetics.

Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1726 is the first theoretical study of early modern women's contribution to the rise of the novel. Named in its first edition an 'Outstanding Academic Book of the Year,' by Choice, this second, expanded edition includes two new chapters that extend its scope to include philosophical writings and memoirs

Ecofeminism, a new vein in feminist theory, critiques the ontology of domination, whereby living beings are reduced to the status of objects, which diminishes their moral significance, enabling their exploitation, abuse, and destruction. This article explores the possibility of an ecofeminist literary and cultural practice, whereby the text is not reduced to an "it" but rather recognized as a "thou," and where new modes of relationship—dialogue, conversation, and meditative attentiveness—are developed.