Faflak Marking Time

Romanticism and Evolution
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4426-9959-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Marking Time, edited by Joel Faflak, analyses prevailing notions of evolution by tracing its origins to the literary, scientific, and philosophical discourses of the long nineteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faflak, Joel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Marking Time: Romanticism and Evolution Joel Faflak Part 1 Romanticism's Darwin 1. Plants, Analogy, and Perfection: Loose and Strict Analogies Gillian Beer 2. Darwin and the Mobility of Species Alan Bewell 3. Darwin’s Ideas Matthew Rowlinson Part 2 Romantic Temporalities 4. Deep Time in the South Pacific: Scientific Voyaging and the Ancient/Primitive Analogy Noah Heringman 5. Malthus Our Contemporary?: Toward a Political Economy of Sex Maureen N. McLane Part 3 Goethe and the Contingencies of Life 6. Goethe's Morphology Gábor Áron Zemplén 7. Vertiginous Life: Goethe, Bones, and Italy Andrew Piper 8. Taking Chances Theresa M. Kelley Part 4 Evolutionary Idealisms 9. Did Goethe and Schelling Endorse Species Evolution? Robert J. Richards 10. The Vitality of Idealism: Life and Evolution in Schelling’s and Hegel’s Systems Tilottama Rajan 11. Degeneration: Inversions of Teleology Joan Steigerwald Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

FaflakJoel:
Joel Faflak is Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies and Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University.