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Title Darwin, Tennyson and their readers : explorations in Victorian literature and science / edited by Valerie Purton.

Publication Info. New York : Anthem Press, [2013]

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Contents 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.
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Summary '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.
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Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd87VvgDDTV6RxBYm6qcP
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJq6TrbYf7DjwHjVkBPxXd
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrgFqFmbt6G8H93tgcgKd
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
English literature
Literature and science
Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Added Author Purton, Valerie, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Darwin, Tennyson and their readers 9780857280763 (DLC) 2013029740 (OCoLC)841893635
ISBN 9780857280824 (electronic bk.)
0857280821 (electronic bk.)
9780857280763 (electronic bk.)
0857280767 (electronic bk.)
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AU@ 000066528218
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CHVBK 55623927X
DEBBG BV043031473
DEBSZ 429975813
UKMGB 017989688

 
    
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