Aristone, Miranda
(2018)
Drawing conclusions from illustrations of The Water-Babies:
artistic selection meets natural selection.
Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This thesis examines the effect of different sets of illustrations on the meaning of Charles Kingsley’s The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (1863). In this thesis, I provide background on Kingsley’s ideas about the relationship between science and religion to contextualize his use of Darwinian thought in his “fairy tale for a land-baby.” Then I show how The Water-Babies reconciles Christian belief with Darwinian thought. I offer a reading of The Water Babies; a Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby as a text that brings together Darwinian thought and Christianity, not so much by reconciling them on equal footing as by subordinating Darwin’s ideas of natural processes to a Christian notion of moral development. And finally, I review the different ways that the plasticity of the text has been affected by illustrations ranging from the original Linley Sambourne illustrated edition in 1863, which illustrations hold true to the text, as well as editions by Ethell Everett and William Heath Robinson, who both emphasized the religious discourse of the story, as well as various others that emphasize the religious discourse.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
26 April 2018 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
20 April 2018 |
| Approval Date: |
26 April 2018 |
| Submission Date: |
24 April 2018 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
55 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
David C. Frederick Honors College
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > English |
| Degree: |
BPhil - Bachelor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Undergraduate Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
The Water Babies, Illustrations, |
| Date Deposited: |
26 Apr 2018 16:19 |
| Last Modified: |
26 Apr 2018 16:19 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/34405 |
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