Darwin's bards : British and American poetry in the age of evolution /
John Holmes explores the ways in which some of the most perceptive and powerful British and American poets of the last hundred-and-fifty years have grappled with the questions raised by Darwinism, from Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning and Thomas Hardy, through Robert Frost and Edna St Vincent Millay...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=325012 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Poetry in the Age of Darwin; 2 Poetry and the 'Non-Darwinian Revolution'; 3 God; 4 Death; 5 Humanity's Place in Nature; 6 Humans and Other Animals; 7 Love and Sex; 8 On Balance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.