Darwin the writer / by George Levine.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, George, 1931-
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > On the origin of species.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Evolution (Biology) > Authorship.
Natural selection > Authorship.
Communication in science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Physical Description:xvii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Darwin the writer
  • Learning to see : Darwin's prophetic apprenticeship on the Beagle voyage
  • The prose of On the origin of species
  • Surprise and paradox : Darwin's artful legacy
  • Darwinian mind and Wildean paradox
  • Hardy's Woodlanders and the Darwinian grotesque
  • Coda : the comic Darwin.