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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781474458214
035 _a(DE-B1597)616712
035 _a(OCoLC)1306540103
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082 0 4 _a820.936
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMurray, Rachel
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Modernist Exoskeleton :
_bInsects, War, Literary Form /
_cRachel Murray.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (224 p.) :
_b14 B/W illustrations
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aEdinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture : ECCSMC
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tFIGURES --
_tACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
_tSERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE --
_tABBREVIATIONS --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_t1 SHELL BURSTS: WYNDHAM LEWIS --
_t2 FORMICATION: D. H. LAWRENCE --
_t3 COCOON STATES: H.D. --
_t4 LARVAL FORMS: SAMUEL BECKETT --
_tCONCLUSION: ‘THINGS THAT WON’T QUITE FORMULATE' --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aArgues for the importance of insects to modernism’s formal innovationsUses 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 studiesFocusing 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aInsects in literature.
650 4 _aLiterary Studies.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781474458214
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474458214
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