The Counterhuman Imaginary: Earthquakes, Lapdogs, and Traveling Coinage in Eighteenth-Century Literature

by Laura Brown

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The Counterhuman Imaginary proposes that alongside the historical, social, and institutional structures of human reality that seem to be the sole subject of the literary text, an other-than-human world is everywhere in evidence. Laura Brown finds that within eighteenth-century British literature, the human cultural imaginary can be seen, equally, as a counterhuman imaginary--an alternative realm whose scope and terms exceed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501773240

ISBN13:9781501773242

Release Date:November 2023

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:162 Pages

Weight:0.54 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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