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Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century
literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of
contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart
Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction,
this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how
best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the
natural world.
Allan Harding, a teacher in early middle age at a bog standard
comprehensive, married to his boring dogooding wife Belinda, is
seduced with his full cooperation by a younger colleague Jo. When
Belinda, who has all the money, inevitably finds out, Allan is
faced with a choice. He can either give up Jo, with whom he has
become besotted, and stay with his wife. Or he can leave his wife
and his job and the money and take up with Jo. Jo, who really only
wants the money, resolves his dilemma by insisting that he kill
Belinda during a holiday in Scotland by fiddling with her insulin
(she is diabetic). They will dispose of the body in a loch, then Jo
will impersonate Belinda for the duration of the holiday to confuse
any investigation. When in Scotland he is faced with killing
Belinda he chickens out, and Jo has to do the deed. This sours the
relationship, and henceforth they are bound together only by their
guilt and greed. At the end of the holiday, Jo, travelling south
separately, is killed in a rail crash, and Allan is forced to
identify her as Belinda. The police in Allan"s patch investigate
Jo"s disappearance but officially draw a blank. Sandy, a young DC,
smells a rat and travels to Scotland to find out the truth. She
finds Belinda"s body in the loch. Allan has gone north to retrieve
Jo"s car, which they have been forced to leave in a remote spot in
the hills.. Sandy finds the local police gathered around the car.
She tells them her story and triggers off a helicopter chase which
results in Allan"s falling to his death over a bridge. The police
conclude that Allan, if he"d played his cards right, could have got
away with it and kept Belinda"s money.
Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century
literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of
contexts. From more familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and
Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative
fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions
regarding how best to understand humanity's increasing domination
of the natural world.
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