Caliban: The Missing Link - Couverture souple

Wilson, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108063675 ISBN 13 : 9781108063678

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Daniel Wilson (1816–92) brings together science and literary commentary in this 1873 exploration of evolutionary principles in The Tempest.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Having acquired a Shakespeare folio for a few shillings, anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816–92) found in The Tempest a source of scientific intrigue. Writing more than two hundred years before Darwin propounded his theory of evolution, in his final play Shakespeare had created a missing link caught between the animal and the human. In this monograph, first published in 1873, Wilson uses the strange and unfortunate character of Caliban as a means through which to explore the principles of evolution. He traces many of the play's plot devices back to real events that perhaps inspired them - from storms in Bermuda to records of semi-human creatures around the world - and brings literary commentary into science as he links the relationships set out in the play to anthropological principles. This interdisciplinary approach makes the book both an entertaining exegesis of the play and a uniquely accessible explanation of contemporary scientific theories.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108063675
• ISBN 13: 9781108063678
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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