Insects and the enlightenment: human-arthropod entanglement in the british eighteenth century
Auteur :
Kowaleski Wallace, Elizabeth
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009692670
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2026
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What was the role of insects in defining the human during the British eighteenth century? Through close ecocritical readings of classics like Robinson Crusoe and Emma, this study investigates insects' simultaneous absence from novels and presence in museums, reconsidering the history of entomology as both science and art.