Darwin and the General Reader : The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-1872
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226204871
ISBN-13
9780226204871
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 1990
Print length
340 Pages
Weight
595 grams
Dimensions
2.30 x 1.60 x 0.20 cms
Product Classification:
Media studiesPress & journalismEvolution
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Drawing on his investigation of over one hundred mid-Victorian British newspapers and periodicals, Alvar Ellegard describes and analyzes the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution during the first dozen years after the publication of the Origin of Species. Although Darwin's book caused an immediate stir in literary and scientific periodicals, the popular press largely ignored it. Only after the work's implications for theology and the nature of man became evident did general publications feel compelled to react; each social group responded according to his own political and religious prejudices. Ellegard charts the impact of this revolution in science, maintaining that although the idea of evolution was generally accepted, Darwin's primary contribution, the theory of natural selection, was either ignored or rejected among the public.
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