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Reading Darwin in imperial Russia : literature and ideas / edited by Andrew M. Drozd, Brendan G. Mooney, and Stephen M. Woodburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Evolution (Biology) in literature.
- Natural selection in literature.
- Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Russian literature.
- Natural selection--Public opinion.
- Natural selection.
- Evolution (Biology)--Public opinion.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Intellectuals--Russia--Attitudes.
- Intellectuals.
- Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 292 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]
- Contents:
- What's in a word?: a history of the words "evolution" and "natural selection" in Russian and of Kliment Timiriazev's legacy as a translator and popularizer of Darwinism / Brendan G. Mooney
- An upheaval in thinking minds: Darwin's Russian reception as a contextual source in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment / James Goodwin
- Nikolai Strakhov on Darwinism: humans, progress, and organicism / Brendan G. Mooney
- Anti-Darwinism as anti-nihilism: the conservative response to Darwinism in Mikhail Katkov's Russian Messenger and The Moscow News and Boleslav Markevich's pedagogical romance Marina from Alyrog (1873) / Victoria Thorstensson
- Nationality, philosophy, and science in Nikolai Danilevsky's critique of Darwinism / Stephen M. Woodburn
- Darwinism "dressed in Russian state uniform": Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's "The Predators" and other works / Charles Byrd
- An attack from the left: Nikolai Chernyshevsky's critique of Darwin / Andrew M. Drozd
- Learned neighbors and hypnotic seances: on Anton Chekhov's Darwinist parodies / Melissa L. Miller.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Reading Darwin in imperial Russia
- ISBN:
- 9781666920857
- 1666920851
- Publisher Number:
- 40031652147
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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