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Planet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2023

Benjamin Morgan*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, Illinois, United States

Abstract

This essay argues that “planet” has recently become an important concept for scholars of nineteenth-century literature and culture. Whereas concepts such as the “globe” or the “world” portray the Earth as a space subject to surveillance and political power, the concept of the planet emphasizes the alien, nonanthropocentric aspects of the Earth and its history.

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Keywords Redux
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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