
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society Renée Fox, "The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature" (Ohio State UP, 2023)
Jan 27, 2024
Renée Fox, author and scholar of Victorian British and Irish literature, discusses the themes of reanimation in literature, the role of electricity as a metaphor, and the presence of women in narratives of reanimation. The podcast delves into connections between Victorian literature and the Irish literary revival, exploring colonial power dynamics, resuscitative power of language, and aesthetic idealism. Additionally, the podcast explores two novels that examine literary form as revivalist recontextualization and themes of national revival and anti-colonial resistance in Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Reanimation in Victorian British and Irish Literature
01:51 • 17min
Exploring Robert Browning's Resuscitative Relationship with History
18:45 • 4min
Connections between Victorian British and Irish literature and the Irish literary revival
22:40 • 7min
Exploring Revivalist Literature and Nationalist Movements
30:09 • 6min
