{"product_id":"darwins-bards-british-and-american-poetry-in-the-age-of-evolution-9780748692071","title":"Darwin's Bards: British and American Poetry in the Age of Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in over fifty years\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Bards\u003c\/i\u003e John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the human condition in a Darwinian world. Including over fifty complete poems and substantial extracts from several more, Holmes shows how poets from Tennyson and Browning, through Hardy and Frost, to Ted Hughes, Pattiann Rogers and Edwin Morgan have responded to the discovery of evolution. Written for scientists, philosophers and ecologists, as well as poets, critics and students of literature, \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Bards\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely intervention into the heated debates over Darwin's legacy for religion, ecology and the arts. \u003cbr\u003eThe book will appeal to readers for its discussion of the existential implications of Darwinism, for its close readings of poetry, and for the reprinted poems themselves. \u003cbr\u003eKey Features\u003cbr\u003eCovers poetry and ecology, as well as the implications of Darwinism for religionThe combination of complete poems and long extracts with an interpretative framework and close readings makes the book an effective and attractive text book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748692071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Holmes is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44411350548595,"sku":"9780748692071","price":53.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bb70f49e-bad8-4d6a-ac5b-84b81fd11203.jpg?v=1772026323","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/darwins-bards-british-and-american-poetry-in-the-age-of-evolution-9780748692071","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}