What makes us human? Where is the limit between human and animal? These are questions that haunt post-Darwinian literature. Covering fiction from Kipling to Kafka, this study offers a historically embedded analysis of anthropological anxiety in the period between the publication of the Origin of Species and the beginning of the Second World War.
| ISBN: | 9780230273405 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2011 |
| Author: | Virginia Richter |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 257 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Cultural studies Social and cultural history European history Literature: history and criticism |
What makes us human? Where is the limit between human and animal? These are questions that haunt post-Darwinian literature. Covering fiction from Kipling to Kafka, this study offers a historically embedded analysis of anthropological anxiety in the period between the publication of the Origin of Species and the beginning of the Second World War.
Literature After Darwin features in the following genres: Literary theory, Cultural studies, Social and cultural history, European history, Literature: history and criticism
Literature After Darwin is available in Hardback
Literature After Darwin was written by Virginia Richter and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Literature After Darwin has 257 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture series