Tag: Emma Darwin
Darwin’s Goddess: Natural Selection as “Divine Surrogate”
When parsed carefully, the metaphorical structure of Darwin’s argumentation emerges as little less than a periphrastic description of the goddess Natura.
Darwin’s Reticence: How on Earth Did the Origin of Species Ever Get Published?
Even Darwin would be aghast at what the world has made of a mere abstract that he was almost pathologically ambivalent about ever publishing.
The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin
It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place.
The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence
Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities.