| Autobiologies: Charles Darwin and the Natural History of the Self Contributor(s): Harley, Alexis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611486025 ISBN-13: 9781611486025 Publisher: Bucknell University Press OUR PRICE: $51.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - History | Modern - 19th Century - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 809.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: What does heredity mean for identity? What role does the individual have in shaping a personal or a human history? What is the ethical status of seemingly biologically determined behaviours? What does individual death mean in the light of species extinction? Autobiologies explores the importance of such questions in Victorian life writing. Analysing memoirs, diaries, letters, and natural histories Alexis Harley demonstrates how theories of natural selection shaped nineteenth-century autobiographical practices and refashioned the human subject-and also how the lived experience of the individual theorist simultaneously impacted their biological formulations. |