{"product_id":"the-cambridge-introduction-to-literary-posthumanism-hardback-9781009256506","title":"The Cambridge Introduction to Literary Posthumanism (Hardback) 9781009256506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Literary Posthumanism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefines posthumanism and provides a summary account of the key literary and cultural theorists in the field.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Tabbi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009256506, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Tabbi's work is both a primer in literary posthumanism and a snapshot of where it is at this moment.… Recommended.' G. D. MacDonald, CHOICE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAt a time when scholars in both literary and scientific disciplines are advancing the term posthumanism, this book offers a through-line. Beginning with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and continuing into the post-print, born-digital excursions of Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, this literary introduction defines posthumanism and provides a summary account of the key literary and cultural theorists in the field. It embraces humanist refusals from Melville's Bartelby to Thomas Pynchon's authorial surrogation, and more recent evasions and avoidances in the writing of William Gibson, Tom McCarthy, Coleson Whitehead, Jeanette Winterson, and Claire-Louise Bennett.  This book also provides close readings of key posthuman fiction, poetry, and conceptual approaches that help ground the discipline.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: not just another period\u003cbr\u003e 1. Beyond the Two Cultures?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mary Shelley's modern and Shelley Jackson's postmodern Prometheus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Post-periodization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Posthuman sublime\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ah Bartleby, ah humanities! from transcendentalism to posthumanism\u003cbr\u003e 6. The posthuman imagination in contemporary literature\u003cbr\u003e 7. Posthuman epic in the era of AI\u003cbr\u003e 8. Interlude: N. Katherine Hayles and the cognitive turn in literary posthumanism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Digital posthumanism (on the periphery)\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: platform post(?) pandemic\u003cbr\u003e A collaborative glossary of terms (in process)\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413974937880,"sku":"9781009256506","price":61.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009256506i.jpg?v=1784332994","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-introduction-to-literary-posthumanism-hardback-9781009256506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}