The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 18591909

Auteur

Martin Hewitt, Honorary Visiting Professor, School of English, University of Leeds After postgraduate work at the University of New Brunswick, and Nuffield College, Oxford, Martin Hewitt has held academic positions at the University of Hull, Trinity and All Saints (Leeds), Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Huddersfield, and Anglia Ruskin University. He has held visiting positions at Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Université Paris VII, La Trobe University, and the Australian National University. He has published widely in nineteenth century British history, Victorian culture, and the history of Victorian Studies and was the founding editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture, and first Honorary Secretary of the British Association for Victorian Studies.

Texte du rabat

This book uses the impact of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) in the 50 years after its publication to explore the hidden role of generations in the cultural history of Victorian Britain, and to challenge conventional notions of the 'Darwinian Revolution' by examining how people from all sections of society responded to Darwin's writings.

Résumé
This book uses the impact of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) in the 50 years after its publication to explore the hidden role of generations in the cultural history of Victorian Britain, and to challenge conventional notions of the 'Darwinian Revolution' by examining how people from all sections of society responded to Darwin's writings.

Contenu

• Introduction: Victorian Britain and the Problem of Generations

• 1: The Publication of On the Origin of Species

• 2: In the Wake of the Origin

• 3: The Descent of Man (1871) and the High Victorians

• 4: The Death of Darwin and After: The 1880s and the Late Victorians

• 5: Darwinian Debates at the Fin de Siècle: The Edwardians

• Conclusion: Continuity, Conversion, and Counter-Example