Giants of the Past: Popular Fictions and the Idea of Evolution
Giants of the Past explores how ideas about evolution, initially seen as a major threat to the establishment of Victorian England, were rapidly co-opted in popular fiction and transformed from a revolutionary danger to a powerful bolstering mechanism for reactionary ideas, particularly in the areas of gender, sexuality, and race.
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Giants of the Past: Popular Fictions and the Idea of Evolution
Giants of the Past explores how ideas about evolution, initially seen as a major threat to the establishment of Victorian England, were rapidly co-opted in popular fiction and transformed from a revolutionary danger to a powerful bolstering mechanism for reactionary ideas, particularly in the areas of gender, sexuality, and race.
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Giants of the Past: Popular Fictions and the Idea of Evolution
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781611482034 |
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Publisher: | University Press Copublishing Division |
Publication date: | 06/01/2004 |
Pages: | 201 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d) |
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