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Há 1 dia · Early Romantic nationalism was strongly inspired by Rousseau, and by the ideas of Johann Gottfried von Herder, who in 1784 argued that the geography formed the natural economy of a people, and shaped their customs and society.
Há 1 dia · Hardy is a Victorian realist, in the tradition of George Eliot, and like Charles Dickens he was also highly critical of much in Victorian society. Another significant late-19th-century novelist is George Gissing (1857–1903), who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903.
Há 5 dias · An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry.
- Adrian J. Desmond
- What is Charles Darwin famous for?Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built. The theory was outlined...
- What is evolution, as Charles Darwin understood it?Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution had three main components: that variation occurred randomly among members of a species; that an individual’s t...
- What was Charles Darwin’s educational background?Growing up, Charles Darwin was always attracted to the sciences. In 1825 his father sent him to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. Ther...
- What was Charles Darwin’s family life like?Charles Darwin was born in England to a well-to-do family in 1809. His father was a doctor, and his mother—who died when he was only eight years ol...
- What were the social impacts of Charles Darwin’s work?Charles Darwin’s theories hugely impacted scientific thought. But his ideas also affected the realms of politics, economics, and literature. More i...
Há 19 horas · Overview and definition. Modernism is a cultural movement that impacts both the arts and the broader zeitgeist. It is commonly described as a system of thought and behavior marked by self-consciousness or self-reference, prevalent within the avant-garde of various arts and disciplines. [11]
Há 5 dias · Public Lives: Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair is a meticulously researched study of the lives of middle-class families in Glasgow.
Há 1 dia · Established in 2002, NAVSA provides a continental forum for the discussion of the Victorian period and aims to provide a more visible forum for Victorianists in the academy. “ACLS is excited to welcome the North American Victorian Studies Association as our latest member society,” said ACLS President Joy Connolly.
Há 1 dia · The Jack the Ripper murders history site. We discuss the Whitechapel murders of 1888, outline the full history and assess the various suspects.
