Colonies, Cults and Evolution

Literature, Science and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Writing

By:

David Amigoni

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

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The concept of culture, now such an important term within both the arts and the sciences, is a legacy of the nineteenth century. By closely analyzing writings by evolutionary scientists such as Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace, and Herbert Spencer, alongside those of literary figures including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Arnold, Butler, and Gosse, David Amigoni shows how the modern concept of 'culture' developed out of the interdisciplinary interactions between literature, philosophy, anthropology, colonialism, and, in particular, Darwin's theories of evolution. He goes on to explore the relationship between literature and evolutionary science by arguing that culture was seen less as a singular idea or concept, and more as a field of debate and conflict. This fascinating book includes much material on the history of evolutionary thought and its cultural impact, and will be of interest to scholars of intellectual and scientific history as well as of literature.

Author Biography:

David Amigoni is Professor of Victorian Literature at Keele University.

Release date Australia

December 6th, 2007

Author

David Amigoni

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

254

Series

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Dimensions

152x229x17

ISBN-13

9780521884587

Product ID

2501653

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