“In His Blood the Plunge and Rise of Elevators”: Posthuman Manhattan in Steven Millhauser’s Martin Dressler

In his novel Martin Dressler (1997), contemporary American author Steven Millhauser writes an alternative, fictional history of urban development in 19th century Manhattan to resettle the perceived boundaries between the human and the non-human. More precisely, Millhauser explores the relationshi...

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Main Author: Anamaria Schwab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University Press 2016-06-01
Series:University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
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Online Access:http://www.ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AnamariaSchwab.pdf