| Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters Contributor(s): Darwin, Charles (Author), Evans, Samantha (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107158869 ISBN-13: 9781107158863 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 576.82 |
| LCCN: 2016046824 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.33" W x 9.47" (1.24 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, intriguing, and challenging, and are organised into thematic chapters, including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants, that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin's famous remarks on women's intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif, and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer, and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Samantha: - Samantha Evans is an associate editor of the Darwin Correspondence Project. |