Modernist Parasites - Bioethics, Dependency, and Literature, Post-1900

This book analyzes the unstable, shifting perceptions of parasites in biological and social settings after 1900. It argues that "parasite" is a dangerous label for nonhuman animals and minorities, yet many modernist writers reimagine the parasite as the embodiment of dependency in a posthumanist world.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1: Contagion, Pests, and Parasites in Trench Poetry
Chapter 2: "The Million Enemies of the Earth": Parasitism and Poverty in Great Depression Literature
Chapter 3: "Monstrous Vermin": Becoming the Modernist Parasite
Chapter 4: "Parasitism & Prostitution-Or Negation": The Parasite in Modernist Feminism
Chapter 5: The Tramp: Social Parasitism, Vagrancy, and Health
Epilogue
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Sebastian Williams

Summary

This book analyzes the unstable, shifting perceptions of parasites in biological and social settings after 1900. It argues that “parasite” is a dangerous label for nonhuman animals and minorities, yet many modernist writers reimagine the parasite as the embodiment of dependency in a posthumanist world.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Williams, Williams Sebastian
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666921298
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-129-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book; LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, natural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders