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Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was the grandfather of Charles Darwin. He is considered extraordinary in his scientific insight in physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology and all aspects of biology. "Two of his books, Zoonomia, which made him famous as the leading medical mind of the 1790s, and The Temple of Nature, a long poem, show that he believed life developed from microscopic specks in primeval seas through fishes and amphibians to "humankind"."--Back cover.
The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
First published in 2006, this book is a unique collection of the letters of Erasmus Darwin, revealing his amazing variety of talents.
The Temple Of Nature
"The Temple of Nature" is a lengthy didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin. The poem was published posthumously in 1803. Erasmus Darwin, a physician, natural philosopher, and poet, was known for his work in various fields, including natural history and the application of scientific principles to poetry. "The Temple of Nature" is a philosophical and scientific poem that explores Darwin's ideas on evolution, the interconnectedness of all living things, and the role of natural forces in shaping life. The poem is divided into four cantos, each addressing different aspects of the natural world and its processes. Key themes in "The Temple of Nature" include the idea of ...
Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic Poets
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) had the highest reputation among living English poets during much of the 1790s, through the great success of his long poem in rhyming couplets, The Botanic Garden, published complete in 1792. In this new book Desmond King-Hele shows in convincing detail how Darwin greatly influenced five major English Romantic poets, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats, and many other poets of the time, such as Crabbe and Campbell (but not Byron).
Percy Shelley
Provides insight into five of Shelley's poems along with a short history of the man and his life.
Open Fields
Science always raises more questions than it can contain. These acclaimed and challenging essays explore how ideas are transformed as they come under the stress of unforeseen readers. Using a wealth of material from diverse nineteenth- and twentieth-century writing, Gillian Beer tracks encounters between science, literature, and other forms of emotional experience. Her analysis discloses issues of chance, gender, nation, and desire. A substantial group of essays centres on Darwin and the incentives of his thinking from language theory to his encounters with Fuegians. Other essays include Hardy, Helmholtz, Hopkins, Clerk Maxwell, and Woolf. The collection throws a different light on Victorian experience and the rise of modernism, and engages with current controversies about the place of science in culture.
