Giants of the Past Popular Fictions and the Idea of Evolution

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Giants of the Past Popular Fictions and the Idea of Evolution by Hopkins, Lisa, 9781611482034
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  • ISBN: 9781611482034 | 1611482038
  • Cover: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 6/1/2004

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Giants of the Past explores how ideas about evolution, initially seen as a major threat to the establishment of Victorian England, were rapidly co-opted in popular fiction and transformed from a revolutionary danger to a powerful bolstering mechanism for reactionary ideas, particularly in the areas of gender, sexuality, and race.
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