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Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction

By Gillian Beer

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521767695, 9780521767699, 9780511770401, 0511770405, 9780521743617, 0521743613
LCC
PR878.E95 B43 2009
Google Books ID
ReRMPgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL23692826M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1663113 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
329\329
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Gillian Beer's classic Darwin's Plots, one of the most influential works of literary criticism and cultural history of the last quarter century, is here reissued in an updated edition to coincide with the anniversary of Darwin's birth and of the publication of The Origin of Species. Its focus on how writers, including George Eliot, Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hardy, responded to Darwin's discoveries and to his innovations in scientific language continues to open up new approaches to Darwin's thought and to its effects in the culture of his contemporaries. This third edition includes an important new essay that investigates Darwin's concern with consciousness across all forms of organic life. It demonstrates how this fascination persisted throughout his career and affected his methods and discoveries. With an updated bibliography reflecting recent work in the field, this book will retain its place at the heart of Victorian studies.

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