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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Tác giả chính: Holmes, John, 1973-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
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  • 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.