Beasts of the Modern Imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence /

Beasts of the Modern Imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence /

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Main Author: Norris, Margot (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Ernst, Max, > 1891-1976.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lawrence, D. H. > (David Herbert), > 1885-1930. > Escaped cock.
Hemingway, Ernest, > 1899-1961. > Death in the afternoon.
Animals in literature.
Anthropomorphism.
Art, Modern.
Comparative literature > Themes, motives.
Human beings > Animal nature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and science.
Literature, Modern.
Mimesis in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
anthropomorphism.
Psychanalyse et litterature.
Litterature et sciences.
Art > 20e siecle.
Mimêsis dans la litterature.
Animaux dans la litterature.
Anthropomorphisme.
Êtres humains > Animalite.
Litterature comparee > Themes, motifs.
Litterature > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Art, Modern > 20th century.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Death in the afternoon (Hemingway, Ernest)
Escaped cock (Lawrence, D.H.)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The biocentric tradition
  • 2. Darwin's reading of nature
  • 3. Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, and the problem of mimesis
  • 5. Nietzsche's Ecce homo: Behold the beast
  • 6. Kafka's "Josefine": The animal as the negative site of narration
  • 7. Max Ernst: The rhetorical beast of the visual arts
  • 8. The ontology of D.H. Lawrence's St. Mawr
  • 9. The animal and violence in Hemingway's Death in the afternoon
  • 10. Conclusion: The biocentric tradition in context.

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