Dreaming of Islands: Individuality and Utopian Desire in post-Darwinian Literature
This paper conducts an exploration of the post-Darwinian literary and philosophical imaginary through the topos of the island. Drawing upon philosophical reflections by Gilles Deleuze on the nature of material islands and their psychic function as fantasies of transcendence, I argue that the island...
Main Author: | Niall Sreenan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Island Studies Journal
2017-11-01
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Series: | Island Studies Journal |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.34 |
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