Reading Darwin in imperial Russia : literature and ideas /: literature and ideas. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew M. Drozd, Brendan G. Mooney, and Stephen M. Woodburn.
• Editors: Drozd, Andrew Michael, 1963-; Mooney, Brendan; Woodburn, Stephen M
• Contents: Introduction Brendan G. Mooney <span style="font-style:italic;">What’s in a Word?: A History of the Words “Evolution” and “Natural Selection” in Russian and of Kliment Timiriazev’s Legacy as a Translator and Popularizer of Darwinism James Goodwin <span style="font-style:italic;">An Upheaval in Thinking Minds: Darwin’s Russian Reception as a Contextual Source in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Brendan G. Mooney <span style="font-style:italic;">Nikolai Strakhov <span style="font-style:italic;">on Darwinism: Humans, Progress, and Organicism Victoria Thorstensson <span style="font-style:italic;">Anti-Darwinism as Anti-Nihilism: The Conservative Response to Darwinism in Mikhail Katkov’s Russian Messenger <span style="font-style:italic;"> and The Moscow News <span style="font-style:italic;"> and Boleslav Markevich’s Pedagogical Romance Marina from Alyrog <span style="font-style:italic;"> (1873) Stephen M. Woodburn <span style="font-style:italic;">Nationality, Philosophy, and Science in Nikolai Danilevsky’s Critique of Darwinism Charles Byrd <span style="font-style:italic;">Darwinism “Dressed in Russian State Uniform”: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's “The Predators” and Other Works Andrew M. Drozd <span style="font-style:italic;">An Attack from the Left: Nikolai Chernyshevsky’s Critique of Darwin Melissa L. Miller <span style="font-style:italic;">Learned Neighbors and Hypnotic Seances: On Anton Chekhov’s Darwinist Parodies Index About the Contributors
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (324 pages)
• Subjects: 891.70936; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Natural selection in literature; Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Natural selection -- Public opinion; Evolution (Biology) -- Public opinion; Intellectuals -- Russia -- Attitudes; Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781666920857
• Related ISBNs: 9781666920840
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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