Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity

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“Dust jacket, black cloth boards and the book's interior are in fine condition.”
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Dust Jacket
Personalized
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Signed
No
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Book Title
Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Ex Libris
No
Custom Bundle
No
Vintage
No
Genre
World literature & Classics
Topic
Literary Theory
Inscribed
No
Era
2010s
ISBN
9781611485653
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bucknell University Press
ISBN-10
1611485657
ISBN-13
9781611485653
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201679056

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
342 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General, Life Sciences / Biology, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Science
Author
Christine Lehleiter
Series
New Studies in the Age of Goethe Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-033371
Reviews
Lehleiter's highly original monograph is the first to examine the German novel of the turn of the nineteenth century in the context of the debates on biological heredity (ranging from plant and animal breeding to early theories of evolution) taking place in the later eighteenth century in England, France, and Germany., This work has the potential to change the landscape of Romantic literary studies, and its careful attention to scientific accuracy will let it serve as a model for those scholars who wish to make a serious contribution to the broad field defined by intersections of literature and science., Lehleiter's highly original monograph is the first to examine the German novel of the turn of the nineteenth century in the context of the debates on biological heredity (ranging from plant and animal breeding to early theories of evolution) taking place in the latereighteenth century in England, France, and Germany., This important and original work of literary history and criticism tackles a question that still concerns us today: to what extent does our genetic inheritance determine who we are'. . . .Combining modern history of science, literary criticism, and meticulous research, this study offers numerous new insights into how Romanticism approached the issue of mind and body., "This important and original work of literary history and criticism tackles a question that still concerns us today: to what extent does our genetic inheritance determine who we are?. . . .Combining modern history of science, literary criticism, and meticulous research, this study offers numerous new insights into how Romanticism approached the issue of mind and body." -- Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies "This work has the potential to change the landscape of Romantic literary studies, and its careful attention to scientific accuracy will let it serve as a model for those scholars who wish to make a serious contribution to the broad field defined by intersections of literature and science." -- Monatshefte "Lehleiter's highly original monograph is the first to examine the German novel of the turn of the nineteenth century in the context of the debates on biological heredity (ranging from plant and animal breeding to early theories of evolution) taking place in the latereighteenth century in England, France, and Germany." --Jane K. Brown, University of Washington
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
809/.9145
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Notes on Translations Acknowledgments Introduction: Between Freedom and Determination One: The Discovery of Heredity Two: Incest and Inbreeding Three: Cross-breeding and Hybridization Four: From Blood to Trauma Bibliography About the Author Index
Synopsis
At the turn of the eighteenth century, selfhood was understood as a "tabula rasa" to be imprinted in the course of an individual's life. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, however, the individual had become defined as determined by heredity already from birth. Examining novels by Goethe, Jean Paul, and E.T.A. Hoffmann, studies on plant hybridization, treatises on animal breeding, and anatomical collections, Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity delineates how romantic authors imagined the ramifications of emerging notions of heredity for the conceptualization of selfhood. Focusing on three fields of inquiry-inbreeding and incest, cross-breeding and bastardization, evolution and autopoiesis-Christine Lehleiter proposes that the notion of selfhood for which Romanticism has become known was not threatened by considerations of determinism and evolution, but was in fact already a result of these very considerations. Romanticism, Origins and the History of Heredity will be of interest for literary scholars, historians of science, and all readers fascinated by the long duree of subjectivity and evolutionary thought., At the turn of the eighteenth century, selfhood was understood as a "tabularasa" to be imprinted in the course of an individual's life. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, however, the individual had become defined as determined by heredity already from birth. Examining novels by Goethe, Jean Paul, and E.T.A. Hoffmann, studies on plant hybridization, treatises on animal breeding, and anatomical collections, Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity delineates how romantic authors imagined the ramifications of emerging notions of heredity for the conceptualization of selfhood. Focusing on three fields of inquiry--inbreeding and incest, cross-breeding and bastardization, evolution and autopoiesis--Christine Lehleiter proposes that the notion of selfhood for which Romanticism has become known was not threatened by considerations of determinism and evolution, but was in fact already a result of these very considerations. Romanticism, Origins and the History of Heredity will be of interest for literary scholars, historians of science, and all readers fascinated by the long durée of subjectivity and evolutionary thought., Examining novels, studies on plant hybridization, treatises on animal breeding, and collections of anatomical monstrosities, Origins Matter delineates how romantic authors imagined the ramifications of emerging notions of heredity for the conceptualization of selfhood., At the turn of the eighteenth century, selfhood was understood as a "tabula rasa" to be imprinted in the course of an individual's life. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, however, the individual had become defined as determined by heredity already from birth. Examining novels by Goethe, Jean Paul, and E.T.A. Hoffmann, studies on plant hybridization, treatises on animal breeding, and anatomical collections, Romanticism, Origins, and the History of Heredity delineates how romantic authors imagined the ramifications of emerging notions of heredity for the conceptualization of selfhood. Focusing on three fields of inquiry--inbreeding and incest, cross-breeding and bastardization, evolution and autopoiesis--Christine Lehleiter proposes that the notion of selfhood for which Romanticism has become known was not threatened by considerations of determinism and evolution, but was in fact already a result of these very considerations. Romanticism, Origins and the History of Heredity will be of interest for literary scholars, historians of science, and all readers fascinated by the long dur e of subjectivity and evolutionary thought.
LC Classification Number
PN603.L44 2014

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