Norris, Margot,

Beasts of the Modern Imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence / Margot Norris. - 1 online resource (282 pages): illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1985

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.

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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
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. 1885-1930. Escaped cock.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Death in the afternoon.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Death in the afternoon.
Lawrence, D. H. 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.


Death in the afternoon (Hemingway, Ernest)
Escaped cock (Lawrence, D.H.)


Animals in literature.
Anthropomorphism.
Art, Modern.
Comparative literature--Themes, motives.
Human beings--Animal nature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and science.
Literature, Modern.
Mimesis in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
anthropomorphism.
Psychanalyse et litterature.
Litterature et sciences.
Art--20e siecle.
Mimêsis dans la litterature.
Animaux dans la litterature.
Anthropomorphisme.
Êtres humains--Animalite.
Litterature comparee--Themes, motifs.
Litterature--Histoire et critique.--20e siecle
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--History and criticism.--20th century


Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.