Darwin's Bards is the first comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in over fifty years. John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the Darwinian condition. Is a...
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Darwin's Bards is the first comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in over fifty years. John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the Darwinian condition. Is a Darwinian universe necessarily a godless one? If not, what might Darwinism tell us about the nature of God? Is Darwinism compatible with immortality, and if not, how can we face our own deaths or the loss of those we love? What is our own place in the Darwinian universe, and our ecological role here on earth? How does our kinship with other animals af
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Poetry in the Age of Darwin; 2 Poetry and the 'Non-Darwinian Revolution'; 3 God; 4 Death; 5 Humanity's Place in Nature; 6 Humans and Other Animals; 7 Love and Sex; 8 On Balance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
