Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index.
Contents:
Introduction, biology and the idea of culture -- Candide and the dialectic of enlightenment -- Ecocriticism and the production of monstrosity in Frankenstein -- Placing modernity in Orlando -- Consuming culture in a small place and among flowers -- Dehumanization, animality, and the bildungsroman.
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