Martin Willis is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK. He is the author of Vision, Science and Literature, 1870-1920 and Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines: Science Fiction and the Cultures of Science in the Nineteenth Century.

'Martin Willis admirably synthesizes the work of a broad range of scholars and critics, providing an essential foundation in literature and science criticism.' - Carol Colatrella, Georgia Tech, USA

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Institutions2. Early Literature and Science Criticism3. The Dominance of Darwin4. Body5. Mind6. The Physical Sciences, Exploration and the Environment7. Geology, Botany, Eugenics and Animal StudiesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex.