Thesis
Darwin and the island
- Alternative title:
- the impact of evolutionary thought on certain island texts of Wells, Conrad and Golding
- Abstract:
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This thesis examines the fictional island and assesses the impact of Darwinism on the genre. I show how islands have been a recurring feature in European literature, fictional spaces where authors create a microcosm in which they satirise, criticise or hold up a mirror to their own society. I argue that traditonal Utopian islands are static realms and that through the introduction of evolution (Darwin and Wallace made their most important discoveries regarding the mechanism of evolution o...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1995
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602337326
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602337326
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Fox, Justin Daniel
- Copyright date:
- 1995
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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