{"product_id":"the-modernist-anthropocene-nonhuman-life-and-planetary-change-in-james-joyce-virginia-woolf-and-djuna-barnes-paperback","title":"The Modernist Anthropocene: Nonhuman Life and Planetary Change in James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Adkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Modernist Anthropocene\u003c\/em\u003e examines how modernist writers forged new and innovative ways of responding to rapidly changing planetary conditions and emergent ideas about nonhuman life, environmental change and the human species. Drawing on ecocritical analysis, posthumanist theory, archival research and environmental history, this book resituates key works of modernist fiction within the ecological moment of the early twentieth century, a period in which new configurations of the relationship between human life and the natural world were migrating between the sciences, philosophy and literary culture. The author makes the case that the early twentieth century is pivotal in our understanding of the Anthropocene both as a planetary epoch and a critical concept. In doing so, he positions James Joyce, Djuna Barnes and Virginia Woolf as theorists of the modernist Anthropocene, showing how their oeuvres are shaped by, and actively respond to, changing ideas about the nonhuman that continue to reverberate today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvides the first book-length analysis of modernism and the Anthropocene The Modernist Anthropocene examines how modernist writers forged new and innovative ways of responding to rapidly changing planetary conditions and emergent ideas about nonhuman life, environmental change and the human species. Drawing on ecocritical analysis, posthumanist theory, archival research and environmental history, this book resituates key works of modernist fiction within the ecological moment of the early twentieth century, a period in which new configurations of the relationship between human life and the natural world were migrating between the sciences, philosophy and literary culture. The author makes the case that the early twentieth century is pivotal in our understanding of the Anthropocene both as a planetary epoch and a critical concept. In doing so, he positions James Joyce, Djuna Barnes and Virginia Woolf as theorists of the modernist Anthropocene, showing how their oeuvres are shaped by, and actively respond to, changing ideas about the nonhuman that continue to reverberate today. Peter Adkins is the author of a wide range of articles and book chapters on modernism, Victorian literature, animal studies, ecocriticism and posthumanism. Virginia Woolf, Europe and Peace: Aesthetics and Theory, a volume of essays he co-edited with Derek Ryan, was published in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Adkins is Lecturer in Modernist Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Modernist Anthropocene: Nonhuman Life and Planetary Change in James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf, Europe and Peace: Aesthetics and Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). He has written widely on modernism, the environment and posthumanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751462633760,"sku":"9781474481977","price":47.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/11f4ea1e83ba30ada2df3e3ee965fa6c.webp?v=1779973723","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-modernist-anthropocene-nonhuman-life-and-planetary-change-in-james-joyce-virginia-woolf-and-djuna-barnes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}