Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers
Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science
Published on 1. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78308-348-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers: Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science' is an edited collection of essays from leading authorities in the field of Victorian literature and science, including Gillian Beer and George Levine. Darwin, Tennyson, Huxley, Ruskin, Richard Owen, Meredith, Wilde and other major writers are discussed, as established scholars in this area explore the interaction between Victorian literary and scientific figures which helped build the intellectual climate of twenty-first century debates.
Reviews / Votes
British Society for Literature and Science 'Each of the essays in this book makes a lively and stimulating contribution to the thick description of the spread and continual mutation of evolutionary ideas and discourses within Victorian culture. Together, they give us a picture that is richly suggestive for future research in this field.' -John Holmes, 'Review of English Studies' 'Beer's remarks about Darwinian extravagance and Levine's about Darwinian paradox remind us why they are two of Darwin's best and most careful readers.' -Jonathan Smith, 'SHARP News'More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
287 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78308-348-0 (9781783083480)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr Valerie Purton is Professor of Victorian Literature at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
Content
Introduction - Valerie Purton; Chapter 1: Tennyson's 'Locksley Hall': Progress and Destitution -Roger Ebbatson; Chapter 2: 'Tennyson's Drift': Evolution in 'The Princess' - Rebecca Stott; Chapter 3: History, Materiality and Type in Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' - Matthew Rowlinson; Chapter 4: Darwin, Tennyson and the Writing of 'The Holy Grail' - Valerie Purton; Chapter 5: 'An Undue Simplification': Tennyson's Evolutionary Afterlife - Michiel Nys; Chapter 6: 'Like a Megatherium Smoking a Cigar': Darwin's Beagle Fossils in Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture - Gowan Dawson; Chapter 7: 'No Such Thing as a Flower [...] No Such Thing as a Man': John Ruskin's Response to Darwin - Clive Wilmer; Chapter 8: Darwin and the Art of Paradox - George Levine; Chapter 9: Systems and Extravagance: Darwin, Meredith, Tennyson - Gillian Beer; Chapter 10: T. H. Huxley, Science and Cultural Agency - Jeff Wallace; Notes on Contributors