Notes on Vermin |
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| Author:
| Hovanec, Caroline |
| ISBN: | 978-0-472-05720-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2025 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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An atlas of the literary vermin that appear in modern and contemporary literature, from Franz Kafka's gigantic insect to Richard Wright's city rats to Namwali Serpell's storytelling mosquitoes. Drawing on psychoanalysis, cultural studies, eco-Marxism, and biopolitics, this book explores various uses for literary vermin.
An atlas of the literary vermin that appear in modern and contemporary literature, from Franz Kafka's gigantic insect to Richard Wright's city rats to Namwali Serpell's storytelling mosquitoes. Drawing on psychoanalysis, cultural studies, eco-Marxism, and biopolitics, this book explores various uses for literary vermin.