Beschreibung
The book offers comparative analysis of diverse Darwinism-inspired discourses such as post-modern novels, science fiction, popular science and nature films. Special attention is paid to Darwin’s problem with human ancestry, Darwinism and the humanities, and the lives of Charles and Emma Darwin as contemporary myths.
Autorenportrait
Dominika Oramus is professor at the University of Warsaw. She teaches at the Institute of English Studies. Her special interests are 20th century British fiction and the poetics of postmodernism, Angela Carter and J.G. Ballard.
Inhalt
Contents: Recent Fiction and Non-Fiction about Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin – Echoes of the Mid-19th-Century Spiritual Crisis and the Motif of Human Evolution in Contemporary Texts referencing Charles Darwin – Darwin’s Problem with Human Ancestry as Reflected in Recent Fiction – Darwinism and the Humanities.
