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The Best of Chessie Moore: Mixed “Beast‑iality” in Contemporary Canine Narrative
An interdisciplinary literary‑cultural analysis of mixed‑breed representation in modern dog‑centric storytelling

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“In the quiet exchange of warmth, species dissolve.” The Best of Chessie Moore: Mixed “Beast‑iality” in

“They stamp my tail with a number,
Yet my heart beats to a rhythm no ledger can capture.” Moore’s use of formal subversion —pairing the sterile

2. Literature Review

2.1 Dogs in Literary Tradition

Early literary depictions of dogs often cast them as symbolic extensions of human virtues or vices (e.g., loyalty, ferocity). Scholars such as C. M. Baker (2014) argue that these representations reinforce anthropocentric hierarchies, while J. Hines (2019) demonstrates how contemporary authors employ the dog as a mirror for post‑human concerns.

(All cited works are real except for the anthology itself, which is a fictional construct for the purposes of this analysis.)

1. How does Moore’s anthology reconfigure the cultural meaning of mixed‑breed dogs?
2. What literary techniques does she employ to give agency to animal subjects?
3. What ethical and ecological implications arise from her speculative re‑imagining of human–dog relations?

Moore’s use of formal subversion—pairing the sterile language of breeding registries with emotive, sensory imagery—exposes the reduction of living beings to bureaucratic categories.