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  1. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Senftenberg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he produced about natural selection and the struggle for life now underpin our culture. This second edition of Darwin's Plots incorporates a new preface by the author and a foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine

     

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  2. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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  3. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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  4. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0511010877; 051103475X; 0511118554; 0511755104; 052178008X; 0521783925; 9780511010873; 9780511034756; 9780511118555; 9780511755101; 9780521780087; 9780521783927
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Subjects: Roman anglais / 19e siècle / Thèmes, motifs; Évolution dans la littérature; Littérature et sciences / Grande-Bretagne / Histoire / 19e siècle; Nature dans la littérature; Narration; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English fiction; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Evolution in literature; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Literature and science; Narration (Rhetoric); Natural history; Nature in literature; Darwinismus; Evolutionstheorie; Roman; Geschichte; Wissen; English fiction; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Literature and science; Evolution in literature; Nature in literature; Narration (Rhetoric); Evolutionstheorie; Englisch; Darwinismus; Erzähltechnik; Literatur; Roman
    Other subjects: Eliot, George / 1819-1880 / Knowledge / Natural history / Knowledge / Natural history / Influence; Hardy, Thomas / 1840-1928 / Knowledge / Natural history / Knowledge / Natural history / Influence; Darwin, Charles / 1809-1882 / Knowledge / Natural history / Knowledge / Natural history / Influence; Eliot, George / 1819-1880 / Et les sciences naturelles; Hardy, Thomas / 1840-1928 / Et les sciences naturelles; Darwin, Charles / 1809-1882 / Influence; Darwin, Charles / 1809-1882; Eliot, George / 1819-1880; Hardy, Thomas / 1840-1928; Eliot, George; Hardy, Thomas; Eliot, George (1819-1880); Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Darwin, Charles (1809-1882): On the origin of species by means of natural selection; Eliot, George (1819-1880)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 277 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index

    'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot: Middlemarch -- George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels

  5. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    Europa-Universität Viadrina, Universitätsbibliothek
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  6. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Bibliothek
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    Gillian Beer's landmark book demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications, and how the stories he produced about natural selection and the struggle for life now underpin our culture. This second edition of Darwin's Plots incorporates a new preface by the author and a foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511755101
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    RVK Categories: HL 1091 ; HL 1331
    Edition: Second edition
    Subjects: Geschichte; Wissen; English fiction / 19th century / History and criticism; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Literature and science / Great Britain / History / 19th century; Evolution in literature; Nature in literature; Narration (Rhetoric); Roman; Erzähltechnik; Darwinismus; Evolutionstheorie; Englisch; Literatur
    Other subjects: Eliot, George / 1819-1880 / Knowledge / Natural history; Hardy, Thomas / 1840-1928 / Knowledge / Natural history; Darwin, Charles / 1809-1882 / Influence; Darwin, Charles (1809-1882): On the origin of species by means of natural selection; Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Eliot, George (1819-1880)
    Scope: 1 online resource (xxxii, 277 pages)
    Notes:

    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

    'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot: Middlemarch -- George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels