Beastly journeys : travel and transformation at the fin de siècle /
Youngs, Tim, 1961-
Beastly journeys : travel and transformation at the fin de siècle / Tim Youngs. - 1 electronic resource (x, 225 pages). - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63 . - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.
The Unchaining of the Beast -- City Creatures -- The Bat and the Beetle -- Morlocks, Martians, and Beast-People -- 'Beast and man so mixty': The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald -- Oscar Wilde: 'an unclean beast' -- Introduction: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Conclusion.
A critical exploration of travel, animals and shape-changing in fin de siècle literature. Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the countless creatures that crowd the pages of literature of the late nineteenth century. Whether in Gothic novels, science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, journalism, political discourse, realism or naturalism, the line between the human and the animal becomes blurred. Beastly Journeys examines these bestial transformations across a range of well-known and less familiar texts and shows how they are provoked not only by the mutations of Darwinism but by social and economic shifts that have been lost in retellings and readings of them. The physical alterations described by George Gissing, George MacDonald, Arthur Machen, Arthur Morrison, W.T. Stead, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, and many of their contemporaries, are responses to changes in the social body as Britain underwent a series of social and economic crises. Metaphors of travel - social, spatial, temporal, mythical and psychological - keep these stories on the move, confusing literary genres along with the indeterminacy of physical shape that they relate. Beastly Journeys will appeal to anyone interested in the relationship between nineteenth-century literature and its contexts and especially to those interested in the fin de siècle and in metaphors of travel, animals and shape-changing.
English.
9781781386071 1781386072 9781781380895 1781380899 9781781385524 1781385521
22573/ctt5p6g9b JSTOR 000013 Knowledge Unlatched
2019667879
GBB374837 bnb
016478782 Uk
1800-1899
Animals in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Shapeshifting.
Travel in literature.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Literary studies: general.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Comparative Literature.
Animals in literature.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Shapeshifting.
Travel in literature.
Great Britain.
literature. modern history.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR468.S6
820.935509034
Beastly journeys : travel and transformation at the fin de siècle / Tim Youngs. - 1 electronic resource (x, 225 pages). - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63 . - Liverpool English texts and studies ; 63. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.
The Unchaining of the Beast -- City Creatures -- The Bat and the Beetle -- Morlocks, Martians, and Beast-People -- 'Beast and man so mixty': The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald -- Oscar Wilde: 'an unclean beast' -- Introduction: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Conclusion.
A critical exploration of travel, animals and shape-changing in fin de siècle literature. Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the countless creatures that crowd the pages of literature of the late nineteenth century. Whether in Gothic novels, science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, journalism, political discourse, realism or naturalism, the line between the human and the animal becomes blurred. Beastly Journeys examines these bestial transformations across a range of well-known and less familiar texts and shows how they are provoked not only by the mutations of Darwinism but by social and economic shifts that have been lost in retellings and readings of them. The physical alterations described by George Gissing, George MacDonald, Arthur Machen, Arthur Morrison, W.T. Stead, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, and many of their contemporaries, are responses to changes in the social body as Britain underwent a series of social and economic crises. Metaphors of travel - social, spatial, temporal, mythical and psychological - keep these stories on the move, confusing literary genres along with the indeterminacy of physical shape that they relate. Beastly Journeys will appeal to anyone interested in the relationship between nineteenth-century literature and its contexts and especially to those interested in the fin de siècle and in metaphors of travel, animals and shape-changing.
English.
9781781386071 1781386072 9781781380895 1781380899 9781781385524 1781385521
22573/ctt5p6g9b JSTOR 000013 Knowledge Unlatched
2019667879
GBB374837 bnb
016478782 Uk
1800-1899
Animals in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Shapeshifting.
Travel in literature.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Literary studies: general.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Comparative Literature.
Animals in literature.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Shapeshifting.
Travel in literature.
Great Britain.
literature. modern history.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR468.S6
820.935509034