Title:
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GIANTS OF THE PAST
POPULAR FICTIONS AND THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION |
By: |
Lisa Hopkins |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£66.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1611482038 |
ISBN 13: |
9781611482034 |
Publisher: |
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 June, 2004 |
Pages: |
201 |
Description: |
Giants of the Past explores how ideas about evolution, initially seen as a major threat to the establishment of Victorian England, were rapidly co-opted in popular fiction and transformed from a revolutionary danger to a powerful bolstering mechanism for reactionary ideas, particularly in the areas of gender, sexuality, and race. |
Synopsis: |
Giants of the Past explores how ideas about evolution, initially seen as a major threat to the establishment of Victorian England, were rapidly co-opted in popular fiction and transformed from a revolutionary danger to a powerful bolstering mechanism for reactionary ideas, particularly in the areas of gender, sexuality, and race. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Bucknell University Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |