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Levine, George

Darwin and the Novelists : patterns of science in Victorian fiction / George Levine - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988. - x, 319 pages ; 25 cm

Darwin among the novelists --
Natural theology: Whewell and Darwin --
Mansfield Park: observation rewarded --
Darwin's revolution: from natural theology to natural selection --
Dickens and Darwin --
Little Dorrit and three kinds of science --
The Darwinian world of Anthony Trollope --
The perils of observation --
From Scott to Darwin to Conrad: revolution not evolution.

Insisting on gradual and regular-lawful-change, Darwinian thought nevertheless requires acknowledgment of chance and randomness for a full explanation of biological phenomena. Levine shows how these conceptions affected 19th-century novelists-from Dickens and Trollope to Conrad-and draws contrasts with the pre-Darwinian novel.

ISBN: 9780226475745

Publisher. No.: Brijwasi Book Distributors :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English Literatures
Old English literatures
English fiction
Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Influence.
Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.
Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
English fiction.
Literature and science
Romans.
Engels.
Sciences dans la litteerature.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.8093 LEV