Human Tissue in the Realist Novel, 1850-1895 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031266393)

This Pivot engages with current debates about anthropocentrism and the Anthropocene to propose a reappraisal of the realist novel in the second half of the nineteenth century. Through three case studies, it argues for 'human tissue' as a conceptual tool for reading that brings together biology, literature and questions of layering. This new approach is shown to be especially salient to the Victorian period, when the application of 'tissue' to biology first emerges. The book is distinctive in bringing together theoretical concerns around realism and the Anthropocene - two major topics in literary criticism - and presenting a new methodology to approach this conjunction, demonstrated through original readings of Charles Kingsley, George Eliot, and Emile Zola and two English-language writers he influenced (George Moore and Vernon Lee).

Author: Ben Moore
ISBN-10: 3031266390
ISBN-13: 9783031266393
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 100
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d

About the Author
Ben Moore is Assistant Professor in English Literature at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.