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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Page, Michael R., 1967- Literary imagination from Erasmus Darwin to H.G. Wells. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012 (DLC) 2011040945 (OCoLC)757838242 |
| Named Person: | Charles Darwin |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael R Page |
| ISBN: | 9781409438700 1409438708 |
| OCLC Number: | 775503587 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 224 p.) |
| Contents: | Introduction -- "The banner of science": science and the nineteenth-century British -- Literary imagination -- "Beautiful and sublime images of the operations of nature": Erasmus Darwin -- "Mirrors of the gigantic shadows of futurity": Wordsworth and Shelley -- "A new species": Mary Shelley's science fiction novels -- "A tangled bank": Darwinian science fictions -- "Dim outlines on a desolate beach": H.G. Wells -- Conclusion: "Where do we go from her?". |
| Responsibility: | Michael R. Page. |
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'Michael R. Page's new book contributes to important literary discussions. By pointing to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Darwin's Origin of Species as foundational myths of modern culture, his valuable argument links 19th-century science to imaginative literature and reclaims science fiction as a significant genre.' Read more...
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