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Forging the Missing Link: Interdisciplinary Stories

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Are there particular kinds of cultural stories that interdisciplinary work uncovers, stories that would otherwise lie latent or concealed? Gillian Beer argues that there are and that the 'missing link' produces such a narrative. Both Darwin and Huxley denied that any link was missing in the evolutionary process. Yet the idea took hold in journalism, fiction, poetry, cartoons, and popular entertainment - and has continued to fascinate in our century. Professor Beer suggests that it was no accident that the search for the missing link and the rise of the detective story occurred in the same period. What anxieties did the missing link conceal? The author provides some unexpected answers.

Language: English

Pages: 49

Format: Paperback

Release: February 26, 1993

ISBN 13: 9780521439626

Forging the Missing Link: Interdisciplinary Stories

0/5 ( ratings)

Are there particular kinds of cultural stories that interdisciplinary work uncovers, stories that would otherwise lie latent or concealed? Gillian Beer argues that there are and that the 'missing link' produces such a narrative. Both Darwin and Huxley denied that any link was missing in the evolutionary process. Yet the idea took hold in journalism, fiction, poetry, cartoons, and popular entertainment - and has continued to fascinate in our century. Professor Beer suggests that it was no accident that the search for the missing link and the rise of the detective story occurred in the same period. What anxieties did the missing link conceal? The author provides some unexpected answers.

Language: English

Pages: 49

Format: Paperback

Release: February 26, 1993

ISBN 13: 9780521439626

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