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The Modernist Exoskeleton
- Insects, War, Literary Form
Engelsk Paperback

The Modernist Exoskeleton

- Insects, War, Literary Form
Engelsk Paperback

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Argues for the importance of insects to modernism’s formal innovations
Uses the idea of the insect as a key to modernist writers’ engagement with questions of politics, psychology, life, and literary formProvides in-depth analysis of lesser-known modernist narratives, such as H.D.’s Asphodel and Lewis’s Snooty Baronet, as well as new readings of canonical texts – including D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Samuel Beckett’s TrilogyExplores the influence of popular scientific writing on modernist aestheticsReveals the attentiveness of modernist writers to nonhuman life, thus forging new lines of connection between modernism and literary animal studies
Focusing on the writing of Wyndham Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, H.D. and Samuel Beckett, this book uncovers a shared fascination with the aesthetic possibilities of the insect body – its adaptive powers, distinct stages of growth and swarming formations. Through a series of close readings, it proposes that the figure of the exoskeleton, which functions both as a protective outer layer and as a site of encounter, can enhance our understanding of modernism’s engagement with nonhuman life, as well as its questioning of the boundaries of the human.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9781474458207
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1474458203
Udg. Dato:
3 mar 2022
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
154mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
3 mar 2022
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