Romanticism, origins, and the history of heredity / Christine Lehleiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehleiter, Christine, author.

Series:

New studies in the age of Goethe.

New Studies in the Age of Goethe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanticism.

Heredity, Human.

Breeding in literature.

Biology in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Cranbury, New Jersey] : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>Examining novels, studies on plant hybridization, treatises on animal breeding, and collections of anatomical monstrosities, </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Origins Matter</span><span> delineates how romantic authors imagined the ramifications of emerging notions of heredity for the conceptualization of selfhood. </span></span>

Contents:

TABLE of CONTENTS; LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS; A NOTE on TRANSLATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION. Between Freedom and Determination; CHAPTER ONE. The Discovery of Heredity; CHAPTER TWO. Incest and Inbreeding; CHAPTER THREE. Cross-breeding and Hybridization; CHAPTER FOUR. From Blood to Trauma; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT the AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-623-8

1-61148-566-5

OCLC:

895429653