About the book
Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin s correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin s family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships social and professional with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining intriguing and challenging and are organised into thematic chapters including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin s famous remarks on women s intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781107158863
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Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin s correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin s family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships social and professional with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining intriguing and challenging and are organised into thematic chapters including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin s famous remarks on women s intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students.
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What is Darwin and Women about?
Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin s correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin s family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships social and professional with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining intriguing and challenging and are organised into thematic chapters including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin s famous remarks on women s intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Darwin and Women?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: science, technology and medicine
Where can I read a sample of Darwin and Women?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781107158863
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Darwin and Women?
Charles Darwin,Samantha Evans
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Darwin and Women is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107158863)