Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

by James A. Secord

Book Overview

Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226744108
• ISBN13: 9780226744100
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"