Post-Anthropocentric Subject Imaginaries in Sarah Hall's "Mrs Fox", Ali Smith's "The Beholder", and Daisy Johnson's "Starver"

• Published in: English studies Vol. 106; no. 5; pp. 656 - 673
• Main Author: Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 04.07.2025
• Subjects: Ali Smith; critical posthuman theory; Daisy Johnson; radical otherness; Sarah Hall; trans-subjectivity

Theoretically grounded in critical posthumanities, this article explores how Sarah Hall's "Mrs Fox", Ali Smith's "The Beholder", and Daisy Johnson's "Starver" deploy the trope of metamorphosis as a narrative strategy to decentre the human subject and to r...