Darwin and the novelists : patterns of science in Victorian fiction / George Levine
1988, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404020
ISBN: 0674192850
Physical description; x, 319 pages, 24.5 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-309) and index. Contents; Darwin among the novelists -- Natural theology: Whewell and Darwin -- Mansfield Park: observation rewarded -- Darwin's revolution: from natural theology to natural selection -- Dickens and Darwin -- Little Dorrit and three kinds of science -- The Darwinian world of Anthony Trollope -- The perils of observation -- From Scott to Darwin to Conrad: revolution not evolution. Subjects; Darwin, Charles 1809-1882 Influence. 19th century. English fiction 19th century History and criticism. Literature and science Great Britain History 19th century. Evolution (Biology) in literature. Science in literature. English fiction.
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