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Autore |
Glendening John |
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Titolo |
Science and religion in neo-Victorian novels : eye of the ichthyosaur / / John Glendening |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-08834-5 |
0-203-38323-0 |
1-299-48083-7 |
1-134-08827-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; ; 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science in literature |
Religion in literature |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
Historical fiction, English - History and criticism |
Natural history in literature |
Scientific expeditions in literature |
Literature and science - Great Britain |
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Historiography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Reconstructing history : the world-renowned ichthyosaurus -- Fossils and faith : Remarkable creatures, Ever after, and The bone hunter -- Paradises lost :The voyage of the Narwhal and English passengers -- Evolution and the uncrucified Jesus : the French lieutenant's woman -- True romance : A.S. Byatt's Possession and Morpho Eugenia -- Devil's chaplain : This thing of darkness and Mr. Darwin's shooter -- Victorians and other apes : Monkey's uncle and Ark baby -- Conclusion : Confessing a murder and Love and the platypus. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel - a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day |
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perspectives - has expanded rapidly in the last fifteen years but given little attention to the engagement between science and religion. Of great interest to Victorians, this subject often appears in neo-Victorian novels including those by such well-known authors as John Fowles, A. S. Byatt, Graham Swift, and Mathew Kneale. This book discusses novels in which nineteenth-century science, including geology, paleontology, and evolutionary theory, interacts wi |
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