Natural History's Hypothetical Moments: Narratives of Contingency in Victorian Culture

This essay focuses on the ways in which works by Robert Chambers, Charles Darwin, and George Eliot encouraged readers to imagine the future as contingent. But where Chambers alludes to Charles Babbage's computational engine and the period's life insurance industry to hint at the role of co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Victorian studies 2009-12, Vol.51 (2), p.275-297
1. Verfasser:	Choi, Tina Young
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology, Cultural - education Anthropology, Cultural - history Authorship Babbage, Charles (1791-1871) Contingencies Criticism and interpretation Cultural Characteristics Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) England - ethnology English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age) Forecasting History of medicine History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Hypotheses Language Literature, Modern - history Metaphor Narration - history Narratives Natural history Natural History - education Natural History - history Social Behavior Social Class Social Conditions - economics Social Conditions - history Victorian period literature, 1832-1901 Whewell, William
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