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Darwin the writer / by George Levine.

Author/creator Levine, George, 1931-
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Literature
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
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--Writing skill.
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
Bibliography note"Select bibliography on Darwin, his theory, and its extrascientific connections": p. [223]-235.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011929288
ISBN9780199608430 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199608431 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

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