Autobiologies: charles darwin and the natural history of the self
Auteur :
Harley, Alexis
Éditeur :
Associated University Presses
ISBN :
9781611486025
Date de publication :
7 juin 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,1 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
345 g
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.