Darwin's bards : British and American poetry in the age of evolution /
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作 者：John Holmes.
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ISBN：9780748639403
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简介
Is a Darwinian universe necessarily a godless one? What might Darwinism tell us about the nature of God? Is Darwinism compatible with immortality, and if not, how can we face death or the loss of those we love? Darwin's Bards is the first comprehensive study in more than fifty years to examine how poets have responded to the ideas of Darwin. John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the Darwinian condition. What is our own place in the Darwinian universe, and our ecological role here on earth? How does our kinship with other animals affect how we see them? How does the fact that we are animals ourselves alter how we think about our own desires, love, and sexual morality? All told, is life in a Darwinian universe grounds for celebration or despair? Holmes explores the ways in which some of the most perceptive and powerful British and American poets of the last hundred and fifty years have grappled with these questions, from Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Thomas Hardy to Robert Frost and Edna St. Vincent Millay, and from Ted Hughes and Thom Gunn to Amy Clampitt and Edwin Morgan.
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Acknowledgements p. vii
Preface p. x
Poetry in the Age of Darwin p. 1
Science, poetry and literary criticism p. 1
Whose 忙Darwinism脝? p. 6
The Darwinian tradition in modern poetry p. 22
Poetry and Darwinism in practice: Three poems by Edwin Morgan p. 27
Poetry and the 忙Non-Darwinian Revolution脝 p. 37
Non-Darwinian evolution in late Victorian poetry p. 37
Pseudo-Darwinism and bad faith: A.C. Swinburne and Mathilde Blind p. 46
Reading A Reading of Earth: George Meredith脝s later poetry p. 54
Doubting progress: Science and evolution in Tennyson's last poems p. 62
God p. 75
Darwinism, Christianity and theology p. 75
Happenstance or design? Two sonnets p. 80
Natural theology: Robert Browning's 忙Caliban upon Setebos脝 p. 84
God after Darwin: Three contemporary American poets and the Book of job p. 89
Death p. 102
Darwinism, death and immortality p. 102
忙In the Woods脝: George Meredith p. 107
Death and dying: Robinson Jeffers p. 116
Love and loss: Thomas Hardy p. 121
Humanity's Place in Nature p. 130
忙The exact centre脝, or just another African ape? p. 130
忙An idiot on a crumbling throne脝: The cosmic perspective p. 133
忙Earth's catastrophe脝: The planetary perspective p. 139
忙All we've got脝: The human perspective p. 148
Human and Other Animals p. 154
More than kin and less than kind p. 154
At 忙the master-fulcrum of violence脝: Hawks and falcons p. 159
忙A diminished thing脝: Songbirds and birdsong p. 164
忙Someone else additional to him脝: Deer in modern poetry p. 177
Love and Sex p. 185
A Darwinian sex p. 185
A Darwinian sex comedy: Constance Naden's 忙Evolutional Erotics脝 p. 189
The Darwinian love sonnet: George Meredith and Edna St Vincent Millary p. 197
Metamorphosis: Thom Gunn and the human animal p. 212
On Balance p. 226
For better or for worse p. 226
忙The just proportion of good to ill脝: Weighing up evolution p. 230
Disenchantment and re-enchantment: The power of paradox p. 235
Darwin's pagans: Meredith's 忙Ode脝 and Tennyson's 忙Lucretius脝 p. 245
Conclusion p. 260
Bibliography p. 263
Index p. 283
Preface p. x
Poetry in the Age of Darwin p. 1
Science, poetry and literary criticism p. 1
Whose 忙Darwinism脝? p. 6
The Darwinian tradition in modern poetry p. 22
Poetry and Darwinism in practice: Three poems by Edwin Morgan p. 27
Poetry and the 忙Non-Darwinian Revolution脝 p. 37
Non-Darwinian evolution in late Victorian poetry p. 37
Pseudo-Darwinism and bad faith: A.C. Swinburne and Mathilde Blind p. 46
Reading A Reading of Earth: George Meredith脝s later poetry p. 54
Doubting progress: Science and evolution in Tennyson's last poems p. 62
God p. 75
Darwinism, Christianity and theology p. 75
Happenstance or design? Two sonnets p. 80
Natural theology: Robert Browning's 忙Caliban upon Setebos脝 p. 84
God after Darwin: Three contemporary American poets and the Book of job p. 89
Death p. 102
Darwinism, death and immortality p. 102
忙In the Woods脝: George Meredith p. 107
Death and dying: Robinson Jeffers p. 116
Love and loss: Thomas Hardy p. 121
Humanity's Place in Nature p. 130
忙The exact centre脝, or just another African ape? p. 130
忙An idiot on a crumbling throne脝: The cosmic perspective p. 133
忙Earth's catastrophe脝: The planetary perspective p. 139
忙All we've got脝: The human perspective p. 148
Human and Other Animals p. 154
More than kin and less than kind p. 154
At 忙the master-fulcrum of violence脝: Hawks and falcons p. 159
忙A diminished thing脝: Songbirds and birdsong p. 164
忙Someone else additional to him脝: Deer in modern poetry p. 177
Love and Sex p. 185
A Darwinian sex p. 185
A Darwinian sex comedy: Constance Naden's 忙Evolutional Erotics脝 p. 189
The Darwinian love sonnet: George Meredith and Edna St Vincent Millary p. 197
Metamorphosis: Thom Gunn and the human animal p. 212
On Balance p. 226
For better or for worse p. 226
忙The just proportion of good to ill脝: Weighing up evolution p. 230
Disenchantment and re-enchantment: The power of paradox p. 235
Darwin's pagans: Meredith's 忙Ode脝 and Tennyson's 忙Lucretius脝 p. 245
Conclusion p. 260
Bibliography p. 263
Index p. 283
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