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Literature after Darwin : human beasts in western fiction, 1859-1939
- Title
- Literature after Darwin : human beasts in western fiction, 1859-1939 / by Virginia Richter.
- Author
- Richter, Virginia.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 257 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
- Subject
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > Influence
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Human beings > Animal nature
- Human beings in literature
- Apes in literature
- Human evolution in literature
- Literature and science > History > 19th century
- Literature and science > History > 20th century
- Contents
- What animal? Darwin's displacement of man -- Creating connections: humans, apes, and missing links -- Apes and ape-men: the anxiety of simianation -- Missing links and lost worlds: the anxiety of assimilation -- Cultural pessimism and anthropological anxiety.
- Call Number
- JFD 11-1357
- ISBN
- 9780230273405 (alk. paper)
- 0230273408 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010034415
- OCLC
- YBP 2010034415
- Author
- Richter, Virginia.
- Title
- Literature after Darwin : human beasts in western fiction, 1859-1939 / by Virginia Richter.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Series
- Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culturePalgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 11-1357