Beasts of the Modern Imagination Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence - Norris, Margot; Project Muse.; Project Muse. (2019)
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.
Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1985
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961.; Lawrence, D. H. -- 1885-1930.; Ernst, Max, -- 1891-1976.; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, -- 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation; Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Influence; Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.; Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Influence; 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; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Electronic books