The Evolutionary Self: Hardy, Forster, Lawrence

by Roger Ebbatson

'Ebbatson demonstrates, with considerable originality and effectiveness, the impact of Darwin's theories on all of Hardy's novels, as well as some of his poetry, and of Herbert Spencer's theories especially on 'The Return of the Native.'

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Ebbatson is Visiting Professor at Loughborough University, having previously taught at University College Worcester and the University of Sokoto, Nigeria. He is the author of Lawrence and the Nature Tradition (1980), The Evolutionary Self (1982) and Hardy: Margin of the Unexpressed (1992).