
Literature, Parasitism, and Science
The Untold Worms of Stoker, Stevenson, and Doyle
Michael Wainwright(Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 24. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
335 pages
978-1-5275-9954-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers the first comprehensive consideration of parasitic worms, their ability to mold creative imaginations, and the literature that results from these vermicular formations. The representatives of these inscriptions are three of the most prominent authors of the long nineteenth century: Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Their writings cover a transitory period in science when parasitology became a contested discourse both in and beyond the scientific realm. While the untold cases of Stoker and Stevenson involve helminths, the untold case of Doyle involves spirochetes, with each author concertedly exploring the epidemiological effects of their respective parasitic interests. For context, the prescript and postscript to these fascinating cases concern Charles Darwin, whose first and last major works bookend a main discussion that breaks the taboo that surrounds parasitism, illustrates how classic literature owes much to parasitic cases, and promotes the continued importance of parasitology.
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"This engaging and meticulously researched study is built on a foundation of illuminating readings of the works of its three focal authors. Wainwright re-examines canonical texts through a fine microscopic lens, informed by biography and broader historical contexts, producing incisive, insightful analysis. A nineteenth-century taboo is left thoroughly dissected."Dr Eleanor DobsonAssociate Professor in Nineteenth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham, UKMore details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
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With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-9954-3 (9781527599543)
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Michael Wainwright
Literature, Parasitism, and Science
The Untold Worms of Stoker, Stevenson, and Doyle
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06/2022
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Michael Wainwright studied for his undergraduate degree at Kingston University and his postgraduate degrees at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he has long held the position of Honorary Research Associate in the English Department. His specializations include late-Victorian literature, literature and science, literature and philosophy, modernisms, and William Faulkner. His previous monographs include Darwin and Faulkner's Novels: Evolution and Southern Fiction (2008), The Rational Shakespeare: Peter Ramus, Edward de Vere, and the Question of Authorship (2018), and Faulkner's Ethics: An Intense Struggle (2021). His articles have appeared in a wide range of journals from Brief Chronicles to Soundings and include pieces on a broad spectrum of topics from the Shakespeare authorship debate to Lacanian hermeneutics and literary game theory.