Speculation and the Darwinian method in British romance fiction, 1859-1914 / Kate Holterhoff

Author: Holterhoff, Kate
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date: ©2025
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 283 pages)

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Series in Victorian Studies

Summary

"Following the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species, in which Charles Darwin acknowledged arriving at his thesis by allowing himself "to speculate on the subject" of species transmutation, many romance fiction writers embraced, criticized, and promoted acts of speculating characterized as scientific"--

Subject(s)

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882—Influence
Literature and science—Great Britain—History—19th century
Literature and science—Great Britain—History—20h century
Speculation in literature
Evolution (Biology) in literature
Romances, English—History and criticism
Roman courtois anglais—Histoire et critique
Littérature et sciences—Grande-Bretagne—Histoire—19e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM / General

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Literary criticism

ISBN

9780821425978 electronic book
0821425978 electronic book
9780821425961 hardcover

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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