Thesis ID: CBB001560889

The Victorian book of man-eaters: On the evolution of cannibals, seductresses, and tigers (2000)

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Schell, Heather Martha (Author)


Stanford University
Lenoir, Timothy


Publication Date: 2000
Edition Details: Advisor: Lenoir, Timothy
Physical Details: 279 pp.
Language: English

Description Explores literary and scientific narratives about man-eaters, showing that while mythical man-eaters predated the 19th century, the theory of natural selection made their emergence a theoretical probability. Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 61 (2000): 623A. UMI order no. 9961956.


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Authors & Contributors
Richards, Robert John
Murphy, Olivia
Robert Ready
Michael Dee
Wilmer, Clive
Voss, Julia
Concepts
Evolution
Natural selection
Darwinism
Science and literature
Philosophy of science
Science and religion
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
England
Germany
Southeast Asia
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