Darwin's Plots
Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction
$85.35
- Paperback
330 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2009
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521743617 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521743613 |
| Author: | Gillian Beer |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 330 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Gillian Beer’s superb study [is] a work of criticism that takes its modest place among the other ‘cloudy triumphs’ of English genius.’ Michael Neve, Sunday Times
‘Offers fresh insights into familiar themes in the history of science by dealing with them in quite a new way.’ John Durant, The Times Literary Supplement
‘The only problem with this book is deciding what to praise first. It draws on a breadth of knowledge in many fields, its literary readings are alert and original, it has a profound grasp of idea and form. It must be read by the scientist, the student of Victorian thought and art and the educated person in the street. … The book is so exciting as a work of literary criticism - among much else - that it must provoke and disturb old interpretations and judgements.’ Barbara Hardy, New Statesman
About The Author
Gillian Beer
Gillian Beer is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge.
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