Overview

'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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9781783083480

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'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' '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'

Author Information

Dr Valerie Purton is Professor of Victorian Literature at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

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