Evolution, Two Darwins, and the Gestalt Imagining of Edward Lear

IF 0.2 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

VICTORIAN STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2979/vic.2023.a911109

Thomas Dilworth, Michael Crawford

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Abstract

Abstract: Edward Lear was in the vanguard of cultural assimilation of evolutionary theory. In what amounts to a gestalt relationship, some of his published "nonsense" figures against, and largely derives its meaning from, innovation in the natural sciences. Certain of his works, some not previously interpreted, are specific in their engagement with evolutionists, including Erasmus and Charles Darwin, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Robert Grant. Before and after the appearance of On the Origin of Species (1859), Lear backs one side against another in public debates sparked by evolutionary theory. His implicit engagement with the new biology becomes evident in close attention to the drawings, which are essential components of Lear's innovative hybridization of visual and literary artforms.

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进化，两个达尔文，和爱德华·李尔的格式塔想象

摘要:爱德华·李尔是进化论文化同化的先锋人物。他发表的一些“胡言乱语”与自然科学的创新背道而驰，其意义很大程度上来源于自然科学的创新，这相当于一种完形关系。他的某些作品，有些以前没有被解释过，在与进化论者的接触中是具体的，包括伊拉斯谟和查尔斯·达尔文，Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire和罗伯特·格兰特。在《物种起源》(1859)出版前后，李尔王在进化论引发的公开辩论中支持一方反对另一方。他对新生物学的含蓄参与在对绘画的密切关注中变得明显，这些绘画是李尔创新的视觉和文学艺术形式杂交的重要组成部分。

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