Bibliograph

Charles Darwin, Victorian Mythmaker, A.N. Wilson

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Charles Darwin, Victorian Mythmaker, A.N. Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-422) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Charles Darwin

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

972213903

Responsibility statement

A.N. Wilson

Sub title

Victorian Mythmaker

Summary

A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book

Table Of Contents

A symbol -- The old hat -- What he owed to Edinburgh -- Cambridge: Charles Darwin, Gent -- The voyage of the Beagle -- 'Blackbirds... gross-beaks... wren' -- The ladder by which you mounted -- Lost in the vicinity of Bloomsbury -- Half-embedded in the flesh of their wives -- An essay by Mr. Wallace -- A poker and a rabbit -- Is it true? -- The Oxford Debate and its aftermath -- Adios, theory -- Immense generalizations -- Evolution old and new -- Mutual aid

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Victorian Mythmaker

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