Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and Nineteenth-century Fiction

affinities analogy animals argument become book's chapter Charles Darwin Claude Bernard concept congruity consciousness creative culture Daniel Deronda Darwin Darwin's theory Darwinian theory descent describes discussion diverse earth edition elements emotion emphasis essay evolution evolutionary ideas evolutionary theory experience expressed fear fiction future G. H. Lewes genetic Geology George Eliot Grandcourt growth Gwendolen Hardy Hardy's human imaginative implications individual inheritance insistence Kingsley kinship knowledge Lamarck language laws literary living London Lyell man's means metamorphosis metaphor Middlemarch mind Mirah myth narrative natural order natural selection natural world notebooks novel observation organic organisation Origin of Species particular passage past physical plot possible preoccupation present problems profusion R. A. Proctor race reader reading relations scientific scientists sense sexual selection single social story structure struggle suggests survival T. H. Huxley teleology Tess things Thomas Hardy thought transformation tree Victorian women word writing