{"product_id":"marking-time-joel-faflak-9781442644304","title":"Marking Time: Romanticism and Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholars have long studied the impact of Charles Darwin's writings on nineteenth-century culture. However, few have ventured to examine the precursors to the ideas of Darwin and others in the Romantic period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarking Time\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Joel Faflak, analyses prevailing notions of evolution by tracing its origins to the literary, scientific, and philosophical discourses of the long nineteenth century. The volume's contributors revisit key developments in the history of evolution prior to \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e and explore British and European Romanticism's negotiation between the classic idea of a great immutable chain of being and modern notions of historical change. \u003ci\u003eMarking Time\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Romantic and post-Romantic configurations of historical, socio-cultural, scientific, and philosophical transformation continue to exert a profound influence on critical and cultural thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Faflak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442644303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442644304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Joel Faflak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058286653695,"sku":"9781442644304","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7a6c243-9f02-4a55-be5b-451841e8db27.jpg?v=1685051711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marking-time-joel-faflak-9781442644304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}