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| Named Person: | George Eliot; Thomas Hardy; Charles Darwin; George Eliot; Thomas Hardy; Charles Darwin |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gillian Beer |
| ISBN: | 052178008X 9780521780087 0521783925 9780521783927 |
| OCLC Number: | 42641739 |
| Description: | xxxii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | '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. |
| Responsibility: | Gillian Beer. |
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Related Subjects:(17)
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Evolution (Biology) in literature.
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Natural history.
- Hardy, Thomas, -- 1840-1928 -- Knowledge -- Natural history.
- Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Influence.
- Evolution in literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880 -- Et les sciences naturelles.
- Hardy, Thomas, -- 1840-1928 -- Et les sciences naturelles.
- Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Influence.
- Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs.
- Évolution dans la littérature.
- Littérature et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
- Nature dans la littérature.
- Narration.

