Beasts Of The Modern Imagination: Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, & Lawrence
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good - Worn/faded - no tears. Fading on spine. Page Condition: Good. Light foxing on top of block. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Light wear on binding edges.
Beasts of the Modern Imagination by Margot Norris is a landmark work in literary and cultural theory that argues for the existence of a biocentric tradition in modern Western thought. Norris traces a bold intellectual lineage through the works of Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Max Ernst, and D.H. Lawrence, demonstrating how each thinker radically decentred humanity by privileging animal instinct and biological life over rational consciousness. With rigorous analytical precision, the book presents a compelling case that these writers and artists collectively challenged the anthropocentric assumptions that have long governed Western culture. The writing is authoritative and dense with insight, making it an essential text for scholars of modernism, critical theory, and the history of ideas.
Author: Margot Norris
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good - Worn/faded - no tears. Fading on spine. Page Condition: Good. Light foxing on top of block. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Light wear on binding edges.
Beasts of the Modern Imagination by Margot Norris is a landmark work in literary and cultural theory that argues for the existence of a biocentric tradition in modern Western thought. Norris traces a bold intellectual lineage through the works of Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Max Ernst, and D.H. Lawrence, demonstrating how each thinker radically decentred humanity by privileging animal instinct and biological life over rational consciousness. With rigorous analytical precision, the book presents a compelling case that these writers and artists collectively challenged the anthropocentric assumptions that have long governed Western culture. The writing is authoritative and dense with insight, making it an essential text for scholars of modernism, critical theory, and the history of ideas.