| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 294 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / by George Levine -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction -- 'Pleasure like a tragedy' : imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting : anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot : Middlemarch -- George Eliot : Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection : women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human : plot and writing in Hardy's novels -- Darwin and the consciousness of others |
| Summary |
This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-289) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Natural history
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge -- Natural history
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 fast |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 fast |
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Eliot, George (1819-1880). Daniel Deronda. ram |
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Eliot, George (1819-1880). Middlemarch. ram |
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Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882) -- Influence. ram |
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Hardy, Thomas, (1840-1928) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Darwin, Charles Robert. "On the origin of species" rero |
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Darwin, Charles. swd |
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection. swd |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Evolution in literature.
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Nature in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Literature.
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Literature
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction
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Evolution (Biology) in literature
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Evolution in literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature
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Literature and science
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Natural history
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Nature in literature
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Évolutionnisme -- Dans la littérature.
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Littérature et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle.
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darwinisme -- Eliot, George.
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darwinisme -- Hardy, Thomas.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511767890 |
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0511767897 |
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9780511769573 |
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0511769571 |
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9780511770401 |
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0511770405 |
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