Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction By Gillian Beer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2000 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 052178008X | PDF | 1 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2000 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 052178008X | PDF | 1 MB
'The only problem with this book is deciding what to praise first. It draws on a breadth of knowledge in many fields, its literary readings are alert and original, it has a profound grasp of idea and form. It must be read by the scientist, the student of Victorian thought and art and the educated person in the street. ... The book is so exciting as a work of literary criticism - among much else - that it must provoke and disturb old interpretations and judgements.' Barbara Hardy, New Statesman 'Gillian Beer's superb study ... a work of criticism that takes its modest place among the other 'cloudy triumphs' of English genius.' Michael Neve, Sunday Times 'Offers fresh insights into familiar themes in the history of science by dealing with them in quite a new way.' John Durant, Times Literary Supplement Review