Darwin the writer - ECU Libraries Catalog

Darwin the writer / by George Levine.

Author/creator	Levine, George, 1931-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description	xvii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Authorship. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Language. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Literary art. Communication in science--Great Britain --History --19th century. Literature and science--Great Britain --History --19th century. Evolution (Biology) in literature.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
Bibliography note	"Select bibliography on Darwin, his theory, and its extrascientific connections": p. [223]-235.
LCCN	2011929288
ISBN	9780199608430 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0199608431 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	QH365.O8 L49 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold