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Author Hunter, Allan.

Title Joseph Conrad and the ethics of Darwinism : the challenges of science / Allan Hunter
Published London : Croom Helm, [1983]
©1983

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Description 259 pages ; 23 cm
Contents The mechanism of the universe -- The challenges : Lord Jim and Heart of darkness ; Huxley ; Darwin and 'sympathy' ; Inheritance -- Theory and counter-theory ; Drummond ; Spencer ; Carlyle ; Westermarck and Hobhouse ; Conrad's ethical growth -- Nostromo : heroes and Hobson -- The secret agent : society's web and Lombroso -- Under western eyes : independence and collapse
Analysis Fiction in English. Conrad, Joseph. - Critical studies
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 241-250
Includes bibliographical notes and index
Subject Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Ethics.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Knowledge -- Natural history
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Knowledge -- Science
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Religion and ethics
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Evolution in literature.
Evolution.
Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Social Darwinism in literature.
Social ethics in literature.
LC no. 83150844
ISBN 070991265X