Autobiologies: charles darwin and the natural history of the self
Auteur :
Harley, Alexis
Éditeur :
Harley, Alexis
ISBN :
9781611486001
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2014
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,3 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
508 g
Format :
With dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The nineteenth century saw both an explosion of evolutionary ideas and an explosion in autobiographical writing. This book examines the collision between evolutionary thought and practices of self-representation, to show how nineteenth-century natural history refashioned the human subject.