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Darwin's concept of natural selection has been exhaustively studied, but his secondary evolutionary principle of sexual selection remains largely unexplored and misunderstood. Yet sexual selection was of great strategic importance to Darwin because it explained things that natural selection could not and offered a naturalistic, as opposed to divine, account of beauty and its perception. Only now, with Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection, do we have a comprehensive and meticulously researched account of Darwin's path to its formulation - one that shows the man, rather than the myth, and examines both the social and intellectual roots of Darwin's theory. Drawing on the minutiae of his unpublished notes, annotations in his personal library, and his extensive correspondence, Evelleen Richards offers a richly detailed, multilayered history. Her fine-grained analysis comprehends the extraordinarily wide range of Darwin's sources and disentangles the complexity of theory, practice, and analogy that went into the making of sexual selection. Richards deftly explores the narrative strands of this history and vividly brings to life the chief characters involved. Twenty years in the making and a true milestone in the history of science, Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection illuminates the social and cultural contingencies of the shaping of an important if controversial biological concept.

Sexual selection --- Selection, Sexual --- History --- Darwin, Charles, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Darwin, Charles Robert, --- Daerwen, --- Darvin, Charlʼz, --- Darvin, Tsharlz, --- Darwin, Carlos R., --- Dāwin, --- Darwin, Karol, --- Ṭārvin̲, Cārlas, --- Ṭārvin̲, --- Sdar-win, --- Sdar-win, Char-le-si Ro-sbe-thi, --- Darvin, Čarls, --- דארווין, טשארלז --- דארווין, טשארלז, --- דארווין, צארלס --- דרוין, טשרלס, --- تشارلز داروين, --- داروين، چارلز --- 達爾文, --- Natural selection --- Population genetics --- Evolution (Biology) --- Darwin, Charles, - 1809-1882

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Daniel Dennett famously claimed for Darwinian theory the status of universal solvent: the totalising theory of theories, even of theories of literature. Yet only a few writers and critics have followed his view. This volume asks why. It examines both evolution in literature, and the evolution of literature. It looks at literary representations of Darwinism both historically and synchronically, at how a theory of literature might be derived from evolutionary theory, and indeed how evolution as a process might be regarded as itself aesthetic. It complements these theoretical and historical dimensions of enquiry with the comparative dimension. It asks in short: What have been the representations of Darwinian evolutionary theory in literature since the late nineteenth century? What are the leading paradigms in theory and in literature for renovating the evolutionary model? What were, and are, the differences in British, French, German paradigms of literary Darwinian reception? How, if at all, did Darwinian modes of thought hybridise across national borders? Last, but not least: What is the future of the Darwinian mode?

Evolution (Biology) in literature --- Evolution (Biology) in literature. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Artistic impact --- Artistic influence --- Impact (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literary impact --- Literary influence --- Literary tradition --- Tradition (Literature) --- Art --- Influence (Psychology) --- Literature --- Intermediality --- Intertextuality --- Originality in literature --- Darwin, Charles, --- Daerwen, --- Darvin, Čarls, --- Darvin, Charlʼz, --- Darvin, Tsharlz, --- Darwin, Carlos R., --- Darwin, Charles Robert, --- Darwin, Karol, --- Dāwin, --- Sdar-win, --- Sdar-win, Char-le-si Ro-sbe-thi, --- Ṭārvin̲, --- Ṭārvin̲, Cārlas, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Influence --- European literature --- Literature and science --- Poetry and science --- Science and literature --- Science and poetry --- Science and the humanities --- History and criticism. --- Influence.

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English fiction --- Evolution in literature --- Roman anglais --- Evolution dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Darwin, Charles, --- Hardy, Thomas, --- Forster, E. M. --- Lawrence, D. H. --- Influence --- Criticism and interpretation --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Evolution (Biology) in literature --- Psychological fiction, English --- Self in literature --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Author of Desperate remedies, --- Author of Under the greenwood tree, --- Desperate remedies, Author of, --- Gardi, Tomas, --- Ha-tai, --- Ha-tai, Tʻo-ma-ssu, --- Hārdī, Tūmās, --- Hardy, Tomás, --- Hardy, Tomasz, --- Khardi, Tomas, --- Under the greenwood tree, Author of, --- 哈代托瑪斯, --- Davison, Lawrence H. --- Lawrence, David Herbert, --- Lorensŭ, --- Lorensŭ, D. H., --- Lourens, D. G., --- Lorenss, D. H., --- Lorens, Deĭvid Gerbert, --- Lārensu, Ḍi. Ec., --- Lourens, Dėvid Gerbert, --- לאורנס, ד. ה. --- לאורענס --- לורנס, ד״ה --- לורנס, ד.ה., --- לורנס, ד.ה..., --- Forster, Edward Morgan, --- Knowledge --- Science. --- Influence. --- Darwin, Charles --- Darwin, Charles Robert, --- Daerwen, --- Darvin, Charlʼz, --- Darvin, Tsharlz, --- Darwin, Carlos R., --- Dāwin, --- Darwin, Karol, --- Ṭārvin̲, Cārlas, --- Ṭārvin̲, --- Sdar-win, --- Sdar-win, Char-le-si Ro-sbe-thi, --- Darvin, Čarls, --- דארווין, טשארלז --- דארווין, טשארלז, --- דארווין, צארלס --- דרוין, טשרלס, --- تشارلز داروين, --- داروين، چارلز --- 達爾文, --- Lawrence, David Herbert --- Lorensŭ --- Lorensŭ, D. H. --- Lourens, D. G. --- Lorenss, D. H. --- Lorens, Deĭvid Gerbert --- Lārensu, Ḍi. Ec. --- Lourens, Dėvid Gerbert --- Lawrence, D.H. --- Hārḍī, Thômasa,