| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 294 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-289) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
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| Access |
License restrictions may limit access. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge and learning -- Natural history.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. |
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Natural history. |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge and learning -- Natural history.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature. |
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Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and science. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Evolution in literature.
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Evolution in literature. |
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Nature in literature.
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Nature in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Literature.
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Literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beer, Gillian. Darwin's Plots : Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction. Leiden : Cambridge University Press, ©2009 9780521767699 |
| ISBN |
9780511767890 |
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0511767897 |
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9780511769573 (electronic book) |
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0511769571 (electronic book) |
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9780511770401 |
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0511770405 |
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9780521743617 (paperback) |
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9780521767699 (hardback) |
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0521743613 (paperback) |
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0521767695 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612651441 |
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