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Gillian Beer's classic Darwin's Plots, one of the most influential works of literary criticism and cultural history of the last quarter century, is here reissued in an updated edition to coincide with the anniversary of Darwin's birth and of the publication of The Origin of Species. Its focus on how writers, including George Eliot, Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hardy, responded to Darwin's discoveries and to his innovations in scientific language continues to open up new approaches to Darwin's thought and to its effects in the culture of his contemporaries. This third edition includes an important new essay that investigates Darwin's concern with consciousness across all forms of organic life. It demonstrates how this fascination persisted throughout his career and affected his methods and discoveries. With an updated bibliography reflecting recent work in the field, this book will retain its place at the heart of Victorian studies.

Darwin, Charles --- Eliot, George --- 82.04 --- 820-3 "19" --- Literaire thema's --- Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- English fiction --- Evolution (Biology) in literature. --- Evolution in literature. --- Literature and science --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Nature in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Eliot, George, --- Hardy, Thomas, --- Darwin, Charles, --- Knowledge --- Natural history. --- Influence. --- 820-3 "19" Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Narration (Rhetoric). --- Evolution (Biology) in literature --- Evolution in literature --- Nature in literature --- Nature in poetry --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- History and criticism --- 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, --- Cross, Marian Evans, --- Evans, Marian, --- Eliot, Džordž, --- Ėliot, Dzhordzh, --- Cross, Mary Ann, --- Lewes, M. E. --- Lewes, Marian Evans, --- Elliŏtʻū, Choji, --- Eliyaṭ, Jārj, --- Evans, Mary Anne, --- אליוט, ג׳ַַורג׳ --- אליוט, ג׳ורג׳, --- עליאט, דזשארדזש --- עליאט, דזשארדזש, --- עליוט ג׳יארג׳, --- עליוט, גי׳ארג׳, --- עליוט, ג׳רארג׳, --- Natural history --- Influence --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism --- 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 --- Hārḍī, Thômasa, --- Eliot, George, - 1819-1880 --- Hardy, Thomas, - 1840-1928 --- Darwin, Charles, - 1809-1882