Rethinking Literary Naturalism: Proust and Quignard After Life

by Ian James

This book gives original readings of Proust and Quignard to elaborate a novel theory of literary naturalism. Drawing on contemporary biological perspectives, the book argues that, despite their opposition to traditional naturalism, both understand human experience, meaning-making, and creativity as being immanent to, and as emerging from, shared biological life. Rethinking Literary Naturalism reads contemporary biosemiotic theory, Proust, and Quignard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1836243154
• ISBN13: 9781836243151
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages