Autobiologies

Charles Darwin and the Natural History of the Self

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys, Modern, 19th Century
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Author: Alexis Harley ISBN: 9781611486018
Publisher: Bucknell University Press Publication: December 18, 2014
Imprint: Bucknell University Press Language: English
Author: Alexis Harley
ISBN: 9781611486018
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Publication: December 18, 2014
Imprint: Bucknell University Press
Language: English

What does heredity mean for identity? What role does the individual have in shaping a personal or a human history? What is the ethical status of seemingly biologically determined behaviours? What does individual death mean in the light of species extinction? Autobiologies explores the importance of such questions in Victorian life writing. Analysing memoirs, diaries, letters, and natural histories Alexis Harley demonstrates how theories of natural selection shaped nineteenth-century autobiographical practices and refashioned the human subject—and also how the lived experience of the individual theorist simultaneously impacted their biological formulations.

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What does heredity mean for identity? What role does the individual have in shaping a personal or a human history? What is the ethical status of seemingly biologically determined behaviours? What does individual death mean in the light of species extinction? Autobiologies explores the importance of such questions in Victorian life writing. Analysing memoirs, diaries, letters, and natural histories Alexis Harley demonstrates how theories of natural selection shaped nineteenth-century autobiographical practices and refashioned the human subject—and also how the lived experience of the individual theorist simultaneously impacted their biological formulations.

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