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Negotiations with the epic: poetry and the origins of Evolutionary Theory

Professor John Holmes gave the plenary talk at the conference The Darwins Reconsidered: Evolution, Writing & Inheritance in the Works of Erasmus and Charles Darwin at the University of Roehampton.

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On Friday 4 September, Professor John Holmes gave the plenary talk entitled ‘Negotiations with the Epic: Poetry and the Origins of Evolutionary Theory’ at a one-day conference on The Darwins Reconsidered: Evolution, Writing & Inheritance in the Works of Erasmus and Charles Darwin at the University of Roehampton.