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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Weitere Titel:
last of the race
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.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schlagworte:
Fantasy literature, English > History and criticism > English-speaking countries.
Myth in literature.
Fantasy literature, American > History and criticism.
Literature and anthropology.
Extinction (Biology) in literature
Indigenous peoples in literature.
End of the world in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Survival in literature.
Race in literature.
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature
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