The Vital Science (Routledge Revivals): Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900

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Peter Morton

The Vital Science (Routledge Revivals)

Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900

Peter Morton

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Routledge
08 January 2016

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; History; Agriculture & related industries; Biology, life sciences; The Earth: natural history general

Series: Routledge Revivals

In this title, first published in 1984, Peter Morton argues that in late Victorian Britain a group of novelists and essayists quite consciously sought and found ideas in post-Darwinian biology that were susceptible to imaginative transformation. The period between 1860 and 1900 was a time of great confusion in biology; the natural selection hypothesis was in retreat before its acute critics, and no extension of evolutionary theory to human affairs was too bizarre to attract its quota of enthusiasts. Writers capitalised on this prevailing uncertainty and used it to their own artistic or polemic ends. A fascinating and interdisciplinary title, this reissue will interest students of late Victorian literature, as well as historians of biological theory between The Origin of Species and Mendel.

By: Peter Morton
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138799271
ISBN 10: 1138799270
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 08 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Morton