The last of the race the growth of a myth from Milton to Darwin /

This is an innovative and wide-ranging study of the myth of 'The Last of the Race' as it develops in a range of literary and non-literary texts from the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries.

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1. Verfasser:
Stafford, Fiona J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.
Zusammenfassung:
This is an innovative and wide-ranging study of the myth of 'The Last of the Race' as it develops in a range of literary and non-literary texts from the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries.
Umfang:
1 online resource (326 p.) : ill.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191670718 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Fantasy literature, English > History and criticism.
Fantasy literature, American > History and criticism.
Literature and anthropology > English-speaking countries.
Extinction (Biology) in literature.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
End of the world in literature.
Race in literature.
Myth in literature.
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