Darwin and the island : the impact of evolutionary thought on certain island texts of Wells, Conrad and Golding
This thesis examines the fictional island and assesses the impact of Darwinism on the genre. I show how islands have been a recurring feature in European literature, fictional spaces where authors create a microcosm in which they satirise, criticise or hold up a mirror to their own society. I argue...
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University of Oxford
1995
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294180 |