Wordsworth and Evolution in Victorian Literature: Entangled Influence

By Trenton B Olsen

Book Overview

The influences of William Wordsworth's writing and evolutionary theory-the nineteenth century's two defining visions of nature-conflicted in the Victorian period. Victorian authors used Wordsworth and Darwin to explore what form of transcendence, if any, could survive an evolutionary age.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367138387
• ISBN13: 9780367138387
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"