Larry Duffy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3745859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Duffy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Duffy |
| SIGNATURE | DUFFY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Histories of Medicine and Health in the Long Nineteenth Century
In recent years, the medical humanities have blossomed, gaining currency within and across communities of the humanities and sciences and among medical scholars and practitioners. The practical uti
Making up for temps perdu in Physiological and Literary Discourse
204-06 (p. 204
New Directions in Nineteenth-Century French Studies
This introduction presents an overview of key critical developments arising in nineteenth-century French and francophone studies over the two decades since the inception of Dix-neuf, and then provides synopses of the articles in the special issue it introduces in terms of their engagement with and advancement of those developments. It identifies further areas of inquiry that fall within the scope of research by dix-neuviémistes: those already exi…
Medical Humanism or Scientia Sexualis ? Building a Sexological Concept in Fécondité
This article argues that Zola's late novel Fécondité, while on the surface a transparently didactic roman à thèse articulating populationist concerns, is in fact at the same time a roman de mœurs implicated genealogically in a broader range of issues than pro-natalist ethics and various behavioural and therapeutic bêtes noires, containing identifiable traces of other contemporary pathological concerns, contingently marshalled for pro-natalist end…
Networks of Good and Evil
A striking feature of Michel Houellebecq's fiction is the pervasive presence of infrastructure, whether consisting of nineteenth-century transport and administrative networks underpinning a national territory, or modern-day electronic networks underpinning those of distribution and exchange in a liberal economy. The former are presented in a largely positive light, and are depicted as creating bonds which connect a cohesive community; the latter,…
Le Grand Transit Moderne
This book explores fictional responses to the changing transport and urban infrastructure of nineteenth-century France, arguing that networks of movement (and an accompanying ‘culture of networks’) which had become firmly established by the time of the Second Empire constitute a privileged subject for representation, and that naturalist fiction in particular is that representation’s privileged form. Contextualizing the study’s critical focus by w…
Networks of Good and Evil
A striking feature of Michel Houellebecq's fiction is the pervasive presence of infrastructure, whether consisting of nineteenth-century transport and administrative networks underpinning a national territory, or modern-day electronic networks underpinning those of distribution and exchange in a liberal economy. The former are presented in a largely positive light, and are depicted as creating bonds which connect a cohesive community; the latter,…
Le Grand Transit Moderne
This book explores fictional responses to the changing transport and urban infrastructure of nineteenth-century France, arguing that networks of movement (and an accompanying ‘culture of networks’) which had become firmly established by the time of the Second Empire constitute a privileged subject for representation, and that naturalist fiction in particular is that representation’s privileged form. Contextualizing the study’s critical focus by w…
Le Grand Transit Moderne
This book explores fictional responses to the changing transport and urban infrastructure of nineteenth-century France, arguing that networks of movement (and an accompanying ‘culture of networks’) which had become firmly established by the time of the Second Empire constitute a privileged subject for representation, and that naturalist fiction in particular is that representation’s privileged form. Contextualizing the study’s critical focus by w…
Networks of Good and Evil
A striking feature of Michel Houellebecq's fiction is the pervasive presence of infrastructure, whether consisting of nineteenth-century transport and administrative networks underpinning a national territory, or modern-day electronic networks underpinning those of distribution and exchange in a liberal economy. The former are presented in a largely positive light, and are depicted as creating bonds which connect a cohesive community; the latter,…
New Directions in Nineteenth-Century French Studies
This introduction presents an overview of key critical developments arising in nineteenth-century French and francophone studies over the two decades since the inception of Dix-neuf, and then provides synopses of the articles in the special issue it introduces in terms of their engagement with and advancement of those developments. It identifies further areas of inquiry that fall within the scope of research by dix-neuviémistes: those already exi…
Medical Humanism or Scientia Sexualis ? Building a Sexological Concept in Fécondité
This article argues that Zola's late novel Fécondité, while on the surface a transparently didactic roman à thèse articulating populationist concerns, is in fact at the same time a roman de mœurs implicated genealogically in a broader range of issues than pro-natalist ethics and various behavioural and therapeutic bêtes noires, containing identifiable traces of other contemporary pathological concerns, contingently marshalled for pro-natalist end…
Making up for temps perdu in Physiological and Literary Discourse
204-06 (p. 204
Cultural Histories of Medicine and Health in the Long Nineteenth Century
In recent years, the medical humanities have blossomed, gaining currency within and across communities of the humanities and sciences and among medical scholars and practitioners. The practical uti
Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · French Literature and Critical Theory (2 works) · French Literature and Criticism (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works)