{"product_id":"the-queerness-of-water-9780813949505","title":"The Queerness of Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconsiders canonical long eighteenth-century narratives through the conjoined lenses of queer studies and the environmental humanities. Moving from Daniel Defoe’s \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e to Gothic novels including Mary Shelley’s \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e, Jeremy Chow investigates the role that bodies of water play in reading these central texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clearly and energetically written, Chow makes a valuable and important contribution to blue humanities criticism in the context of eighteenth-century English literary studies. \u003ci\u003eThe Queerness of Water\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond salt water to river banks, water torture, and ice-scapes, to show how a 'beyond the oceans' approach can renovate blue thinking in the eco-humanities. It builds on existing queer ecostudies by connecting contemporary theorists to historical English literature and by making queer studies more watery and watery studies more queer.” - Steven Mentz, St. John's University, author of \u003ci\u003eOcean (Object Lessons)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chow makes an original and substantial contribution to at least three fields: 18th-century literary studies, ecocriticism and the environmental humanities, and queer studies. Such a multi-pronged contribution is rare and important. Queerness also features many excellent close readings, including of authors--such as Jonathan Swift--who have rarely been read through a queer lens.” - Nicole Seymour, California State University, Fullerton, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: What's Queer about Water?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Taken by Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermezzo: Teaching Wreckage in Rising Waters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. See Monkeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermezzo: Reading Swift on the Planet of the Apes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Aqueous Punishment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermezzo: Off with Her Head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Sacrif-Ice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermezzo: Freeze!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Sea Monsters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-VIR Uni of Virginia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038430298455,"sku":"9780813949505","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813949505.jpg?v=1750940291","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-queerness-of-water-9780813949505","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}