Title Beasts of the modern imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst & Lawrence / Margot Norris

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages : illustrations 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 Analysis Literature: history & criticism Notes Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1985 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index Notes Print version Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation Ernst, Max, 1891-1976. Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Escaped cock. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Death in the afternoon. SUBJECT Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Death in the afternoon Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Escaped cock Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 fast Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 fast Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast Escaped cock (Lawrence, D. H.) fast Death in the afternoon (Hemingway, Ernest) fast Subject Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Comparative literature -- Themes, motives. Human beings -- Animal nature. Anthropomorphism. Animals in literature. Mimesis in literature. Art, Modern -- 20th century. Literature and science. Psychoanalysis and literature. anthropomorphism. Psychoanalysis and literature Mimesis in literature Literature, Modern Literature and science Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Human beings -- Animal nature Comparative literature -- Themes, motives Art, Modern Anthropomorphism Animals in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421430263 1421430266 9781421431338 1421431335

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