Geneza i palingeneza życia w dziewiętnastowiecznej nauce i literaturze francuskiej
Genesis and Palingenesis of life in 19th-century French Science and Literature

Author(s): Juliette Azoulai, Carmen Husti, Marta Sukiennicka
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Modern Age, French Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: French literature; history of natural science; anthropogenesis; origin of life; catastrophism
Summary/Abstract: In the nineteenth century, scientists' discoveries resonated not only within the closed walls of laboratories and academies but also in literary and social space. They changed the way life and humans were presented in literature: since then, it has been possible to reflect on the origins of life, distant human ancestors, and species that will replace humans in the course of biological evolution. This book aims to help introduce the Polish reader to these unobvious links between literature and natural science in nineteenth-century France.

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