Beasts of the Modern Imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence / / Margot Norris
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| Autore: |
Norris Margot.
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| Titolo: |
Beasts of the Modern Imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence / / Margot Norris
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| Pubblicazione: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 265 pages :) : illustrations) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.93384 |
| Soggetto topico: | Psychoanalysis and literature |
| Literature and science | |
| Art, Modern - 20th century | |
| Mimesis in literature | |
| Animals in literature | |
| Anthropomorphism | |
| Human beings - Animal nature | |
| Comparative literature - Themes, motives | |
| Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Electronic books. | |
| Note generali: | Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1985 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beasts of the Modern Imagination |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-3132-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910524846103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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