Charles Darwin’s Debt to the Romantics: How Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Wordsworth Helped Shape Darwin’s View of Nature

This book argues that the Romantic movement influenced Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection. Given that Darwin has traditionally been placed within Victorian naturalism, these Romantic connections have often been overlooked. The book cleverly follows Darwin's narrative in a search for traces of history in both science and poetry.

• | Author: Charles Morris Lansley
• | Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• | Publication Date: Jul 27, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 274 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1787071383
• | ISBN-13: 9781787071384