The fire in the stone
Subtitle: prehistoric fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel
By: Nicholas Ruddick.
Series: The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780819569004
Subjects: Science fiction -- History and criticism; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Prehistoric peoples in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Generic evolution: From Boitard's Paris before man to London's Before Adam; From Rosny's First artist to Del Rey's Last neanderthal; From Fisher's "Testament of man" to Auel's "Earth's children"; title: II. Thematic evolution: Nature and human nature; Sex and gender; Race or the human race; A cultural triad: language, religion, art.