The Resource Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction, Gillian Beer
Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction, Gillian Beer
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- Summary
- This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 294 pages)
- Contents
-
- Foreword / by George Levine
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Introduction
- 'Pleasure like a tragedy' : imagination and the material world
- Fit and misfitting : anthropomorphism and the natural order
- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin
- Darwinian myths
- George Eliot : Middlemarch
- George Eliot : Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life
- Descent and sexual selection : women in narrative
- Finding a scale for the human : plot and writing in Hardy's novels
- Darwin and the consciousness of others
- Isbn
- 9780511769573
- Label
- Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction
- Title
- Darwin's plots
- Title remainder
- evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Gillian Beer
- Subject
-
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Darwin, Charles
- Darwin, Charles Robert
- Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882) -- Influence
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence
- Eliot, George (1819-1880)
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge | Natural history
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Evolution in literature
- Evolution in literature
- Great Britain
- Hardy, Thomas, (1840-1928) -- Critique et interprétation
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge | Natural history
- 1800-1899
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literature
- Literature
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Littérature et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Natural history
- Nature in literature
- Nature in literature
- On the origin of species by means of natural selection
- darwinisme -- Eliot, George
- darwinisme -- Hardy, Thomas
- Évolutionnisme -- Dans la littérature
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beer, Gillian
- Dewey number
- 823/.8/09356
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR878.E95
- LC item number
- B43 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- abstracts summaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Eliot, George
- Hardy, Thomas
- Darwin, Charles
- English fiction
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Literature and science
- Evolution in literature
- Nature in literature
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Literature
- Darwin, Charles
- Eliot, George
- Hardy, Thomas
- Darwin, Charles Robert
- Eliot, George (1819-1880)
- Eliot, George (1819-1880)
- Darwin, Charles
- Hardy, Thomas
- Darwin, Charles
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- English fiction
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Evolution in literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Literature
- Literature and science
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Natural history
- Nature in literature
- Great Britain
- darwinisme
- darwinisme
- Évolutionnisme
- Littérature et sciences
- Label
- Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction, Gillian Beer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-289) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by George Levine -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction -- 'Pleasure like a tragedy' : imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting : anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot : Middlemarch -- George Eliot : Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection : women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human : plot and writing in Hardy's novels -- Darwin and the consciousness of others
- Control code
- 645097849
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 294 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511769573
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612651441
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 265144
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)645097849
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction, Gillian Beer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-289) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by George Levine -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Introduction -- 'Pleasure like a tragedy' : imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting : anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot : Middlemarch -- George Eliot : Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection : women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human : plot and writing in Hardy's novels -- Darwin and the consciousness of others
- Control code
- 645097849
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 294 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511769573
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612651441
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 265144
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)645097849
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Darwin, Charles
- Darwin, Charles Robert
- Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882) -- Influence
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence
- Eliot, George (1819-1880)
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge | Natural history
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Evolution in literature
- Evolution in literature
- Great Britain
- Hardy, Thomas, (1840-1928) -- Critique et interprétation
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge | Natural history
- 1800-1899
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literature
- Literature
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Littérature et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Natural history
- Nature in literature
- Nature in literature
- On the origin of species by means of natural selection
- darwinisme -- Eliot, George
- darwinisme -- Hardy, Thomas
- Évolutionnisme -- Dans la littérature
- History
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