Book contents
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century literature and culture
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Introduction Method and Field
- Part I Species, Lyric, and Onomatopoeia
- Chapter 1 Species Lyric
- Chapter 2 “How Can You Talk with a Person If They Always Say the Same Thing?”
- Chapter 3 Onomatopoeia, Nonsense, and Naming
- Part II How Did Darwin Invent the Symptom?
- Part III Societies of Blood
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Chapter 3 - Onomatopoeia, Nonsense, and Naming
Species Poetics after Darwin’s Origin
from Part I - Species, Lyric, and Onomatopoeia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century literature and culture
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Introduction Method and Field
- Part I Species, Lyric, and Onomatopoeia
- Chapter 1 Species Lyric
- Chapter 2 “How Can You Talk with a Person If They Always Say the Same Thing?”
- Chapter 3 Onomatopoeia, Nonsense, and Naming
- Part II How Did Darwin Invent the Symptom?
- Part III Societies of Blood
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Summary
This chapter follows a cue from Jacques Lacan in considering the antinomy of nonsense and onomatopoeia. With Edward Lear at its centre, the chapter discusses the violence against the animal and the species melancholy that characterize nonsense writing. Also treated are Christine Rossetti’s Sing-Song and animal poems by Thomas Hardy.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024