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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he produced about natural selection and the struggle for life now underpin our culture. This second edition incorporates a new preface by the author and a foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine. Review:"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." Barbara Hardy, New Statesman Synopsis:New edition of highly acclaimed book examining Darwin's work in a literary/cultural context. Synopsis:This is a new edition of a title which examines Darwin's work in a literary/cultural context. Synopsis:This second edition of Professor Dame Gillian Beer's highly acclaimed book incorporates a new preface by the author and foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine. Synopsis:New edition of highly acclaimed book examining Darwin??'s work in a literary/cultural context. Table of ContentsForeword George Levine; Preface to second edition; Introduction; Part I. Darwin's What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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