The Botanic Garden by Erasmus Darwin Volume I【電子書籍】[ Adam Komisaruk ]

＜p＞The career of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) affords an extraordinary glimpse into the intellectual ferment of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain. As a popular poet, practicing physician, inventor of speaking machines and mechanical birds, essayer of natural history from geology to meteorology, and proponent of an evolutionary theory that inspired his famous grandson Charles, he left a lasting impression on almost every branch of knowledge. His magnum opus, and the synthesis of his myriad interests, is ＜em＞The Botanic Garden＜/em＞ (1792) ー an epic poem that aims to "enlist the Imagination under the banner of Science." Part I, ＜em＞The Economy of Vegetation＜/em＞, sings the praises of British industry as a dance of supernatural creatures while part II, ＜em＞The Loves of the Plants＜/em＞, wittily employs metaphors of human courtship to describe the reproductive cycles of hundreds of flowers. Darwin supplements his accomplished verses with (often much longer) "philosophical n．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る