Wordsworth and Evolution in Victorian Literature - Entangled Influence

The influences of William Wordsworth's writing and evolutionary theory-the nineteenth century's two defining visions of nature-conflicted in the Victorian period. Victorian authors used Wordsworth and Darwin to explore what form of transcendence, if any, could survive an evolutionary age.

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About the author

Trenton B. Olsen completed his PhD in English Literature at the University of Minnesota and is currently Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University–Idaho. His work has appeared in Victorian Literature and Culture, The George Eliot Review, and The Journal of Stevenson Studies. He received the 2017 Idaho Humanities Council Research Fellowship and the 2018 George Eliot Essay Prize.

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The influences of William Wordsworth’s writing and evolutionary theory—the nineteenth century’s two defining visions of nature—conflicted in the Victorian period. Victorian authors used Wordsworth and Darwin to explore what form of transcendence, if any, could survive an evolutionary age.

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• Authors: Trenton B. Olsen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780367138387
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13838-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: The Nineteenth Century Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900