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Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science investigates the complex relationships between literary texts, scientific theories, and cultural attitudes toward animals during the nineteenth century. Matthew Rowlinson argues that literature and science were not separate domains but rather interconnected fields that mutually influenced how animals were understood, categorized, and valued in society.
The book examines how biopolitical frameworks shaped representations of animal species in novels, poetry, and scientific writings of the era. Rowlinson demonstrates how nineteenth-century authors and scientists grappled with evolving theories of evolution, taxonomy, and animal consciousness, reflecting broader anxieties about species boundaries and human exceptionalism. By analyzing canonical and lesser-known literary works alongside scientific texts, this study reveals how cultural narratives about animals reflected and reinforced social hierarchies and political ideologies of the period.
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