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.

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.

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.