Rachel Murray

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The Modernist Exoskeleton: Insects, War, Literary FormHardcover, 21 April 2020

The Modernist Exoskeleton: Insects, War, Literary Form
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Part of Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Date Published
21 Apr 2020
ISBN-10
147445819X
ISBN-13
9781474458191

Description

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 form
  • Provides 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 Trilogy
  • Explores the influence of popular scientific writing on modernist aesthetics
  • Reveals 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.

Product Details

Author:
Rachel Murray
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
21 April 2020
Dimensions:
23.37 x 16 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
147445819X
ISBN-13:
9781474458191
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Weight:
476.27 gm

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