: patterns of science in Victorian fiction Levine, George creator Levine, George text Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press 1988 monographic eng

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x, 319 pages ; 25 cm 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. 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. / George Levine 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 823.8093 LEV 9780226475745 :Brijwasi Book Distributors :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092 190709 20190709103232.0