Darwin and the memory of the human
Subtitle: evolution, savages, and south america
By: Cannon Schmitt.
Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780521765602
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, -- 1758-1778 -- Travel -- South America; Wallace, Alfred Russel, -- 1823-1913 -- Travel -- South America; Kingsley, Charles, -- 1819-1875 -- Travel -- South America; Hudson, W. H. -- 1841-1922 -- Travel -- South America; Nature in literature; Human evolution in literature; Human evolution -- Philosophy; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Description: In this original and wide-ranging study, Cannon Schmitt shows how Darwin and other Victorian naturalists transformed encounters with South America and its indigenous peoples into influential accounts of biological and historical change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Charles Darwin's savage mnemonics; title: 2.Alfred Russel Wallace's tropical memorabilia; title: 3.Charles Kingsley's recollected empire; title: 4. W. H. Hudson's memory of loss.