In Praise of Darwin : George Romanes and the Evolution of a Darwinian Believer

Pleins, J. David

Bloomsbury Academic（2014/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 416 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781623565947
• DDC分類 213

Full Description

George John Romanes, close friend and colleague of Darwin, remains a misunderstood figure in the history of evolutionary science. Although his scientific contributions have been valued, his religious journey has been either neglected or misjudged. Scholars typically only acknowledge some of the work on theism he did at the very end of his life and usually blame his wife for doctoring the record with her pieties. Romanes's extensive poetry writing, much of it religious, has never been explored and his Memorial Poem to Darwin has been completely overlooked. The recent discovery of the original typescript of the poem, lost for more than a century and reprinted in this book for the first time, allows us to enter the mind of a major Darwinian as we watch him struggle to reconcile faith and science on a positive basis.

Contents

Permissions
Preface: Hidden for a Century
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations

1 A Candid Examination of Theism: The Evolution of a Skeptic
2 The Tolling of the Funeral Bell: The Death of Charles Darwin
3 To Sleep Beneath Thy Sacred Floor: Darwin's Funeral and a Revelation of Light
4 A Deathless Name: The Paradox of Fame
5 Treasures of the Heart: Memories of Down House
6 The Elemental War: Devilry and Harmony
7 Intuition of the Infinite: The Evolution of a Seeker

Chart: Typescript and Poems 1879-1889: Comparison of Poem Numbers
Appendix: Charles Darwin: A Memorial Poem
Notes
Bibliography
Index