Darwin''s Bards British and American Poetry in the Age of Evolution

A study of Darwin's Legacy for relegion, ecology and the arts. It argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the human condition in a Darwinian world. It includes over 50 complete poems and substantial extracts from several more, Holmes shows how poets have responded to the discovery of evolution.

Summary

A comprehensive study of Darwin’s legacy for religion, ecology and the arts. Includes over 50 complete poems and long extracts with an interpretative framework and close readings. Poets examined include Tennyson, Browning, Hardy, Frost, Ted Hughes, Pattiann Rogers and Edwin Morgan.

Product details

• Authors: John Holmes, Holmes, John (Professor of Victorian Literature an Holmes
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.10.2013
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780748692071
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-9207-1
• Pages: 304
• Subjects: Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh