Insects and the Enlightenment : human-arthropod entanglement in the British eighteenth century / Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace.
| Author/creator | Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, 1954- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A theoretical introduction : insects as visible invisibles -- Living with insects in the eighteenth century : Henry Fielding and the ants -- 'The true state of our condition,' or, where are Robinson Crusoe's insect companions? -- Thinking with insects in Swift and Sterne -- Seeing insects : the specimen -- Seeing insects : the artists -- Seeing insects : the poets -- Living without insects in Emma : a horizontal reading. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, 1954- Insects and the enlightenment Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026 9781009692663 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781009692663 |
| LCCN | 2025048050 |
| ISBN | 9781009692670 |
| ISBN | 1009692674 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781009692700 paperback |
| ISBN | 1009692704 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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