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Science and religion in neo-Victorian novels : eye of the ichthyosaur / / John Glendening



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Autore: Glendening John Visualizza persona
Titolo: Science and religion in neo-Victorian novels : eye of the ichthyosaur / / John Glendening Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 823/.9109356
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Historiography
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel - a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day 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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ISBN: 1-134-08834-5
0-203-38323-0
1-299-48083-7
1-134-08827-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779681703321
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Serie: Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; ; 9.