Description
| Product ID: | 9780099547051 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Darwin |
| Subtitle: | A Life in Poems |
| Authors: | Author: Ruth Padel |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: poetry & poets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Includes poems that use multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - and illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, and the naturalist and the tender father. In these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin''s thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-05-06 |
