{"product_id":"9783030193447","title":"The Artist as Animal in Nineteenth-Century French Literature (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artist as Animal in Nineteenth-Century French Literature\u003c\/i\u003e traces the evolution of the relationship between artists and animals in fiction from the Second Empire to the \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e. This book examines examples of visual literature, inspired by the struggles of artists such as Edouard Manet and Vincent van Gogh. Edmond and Jules de Goncourt's \u003ci\u003eManette Salomon \u003c\/i\u003e(1867), Émile Zola's \u003ci\u003eTherèse Raquin\u003c\/i\u003e (1867), Jules Laforgue's \"At the Berlin Aquarium\" (1895) and \"Impressionism\" (1883), Octave Mirbeau's \u003ci\u003eIn the Sky \u003c\/i\u003e(1892-1893) and Rachilde's \u003ci\u003eL'Animale \u003c\/i\u003e(1893) depict vanguard painters and performers as being like animals, whose unique vision revolted against stifling traditions.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eJuxtaposing these literary works with contemporary animal theory (McHugh, Deleuze, Guattari and Derrida), zoo studies (Berger, Rothfels and Lippit) and feminism (Donovan, Adams and Haraway), Claire Nettleton explores the extent to which the nineteenth-century dissolution of the human subject contributed to a radical, modern aesthetic. Utilizing these interdisciplinary methodologies, Nettleton argues that while inducing anxiety regarding traditional humanist structures, the \"artist-animal,\" an embodiment of artistic liberation within an urban setting, is, at the same time, a paradigmatic trope of modernity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. Introduction.- Part I Behind Bars: Artists and Animals of the Second Empire.- 2. A Caged Animal: The Avant-garde Artist in Edmond and Jules de Goncourt's \u003ci\u003eManette Salomon\u003c\/i\u003e.- 3. Buffon Versus the Beast: Taming the Wild Artist in Émile Zola's \u003ci\u003eThérèse Raquin\u003c\/i\u003e.- Part II The Decadent Animals of the Third Republic.- 4. The Decadent Deep Sea: Jules Laforgue's \"At the Berlin Aquarium\".- 5. Said the Spider to the Fly: The Triumph of the Minor in Octave Mirbeau's \u003ci\u003eIn the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e.- 6. \u003ci\u003eFél\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eline-Fatale\u003c\/i\u003e: The New Woman as Cat-Woman in Rachilde's \u003ci\u003eL'Animale.-\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Conclusion: Henri Rousseau and Synthetic Naïveté.\n \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eClaire Nettleton\u003c\/b\u003e is Visiting Assistant Professor of French at Pomona College, USA, and editor of \u003ci\u003eViral Culture: How CRISPR Gene Editing and the Microbiome Transform Humanity and the Humanities \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), based on a colloquium she organized, and writer of multiple articles and essays on the intersection of animal studies, the history of science, visual art and avant-garde fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48817388454123,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":155.63,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783030193447-1.jpg?v=1781716820","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783030193447","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}