The concept of degeneration, 1880-1910, with particular reference to the work of Thomas Hardy, George Gissing and H.G. Wells
This thesis deals with the relationship between post Darwinian scientific thought and selected literary texts by Hardy, Gissing and H.G. Wells to illuminate the concept of degeneration and its implications for these writers in the period 1880-1910. It involves the examination of primary material in...
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University of Warwick
1982
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