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Human evolution and fantastic Victorian fiction / Anna Neill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neill, Anna, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in speculative fiction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution in literature.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Literature and anthropology--England--History--19th century.
- Literature and anthropology.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Strange stories and the descent of mind
- Phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny : fantastic evolution and fairy science in The water-babies
- Developmental nonsense in the Alice tales
- Orality, print, and evolution in the Just so stories
- Becoming animal in The island of Doctor Moreau
- The machinate literary mammal : Samuel Butler's strange stories
- Exotic geography, natural religion, and the liberal case against eugenics in Flatland
- Deep time and the socialist utopia
- Coda: Shallowing the past.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781000392708
- 1000392708
- Publisher Number:
- 40031109465
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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