16. Struggle and Strikes: The 'Survival of the Fittest' in Art and Literature
Duration: 10 mins 34 secs
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Dame Gillian Beer discusses ideas of poverty, struggle and competition as explored in the painting 'On Strike' (1891), and examines how Darwinian notions of 'the survival of the fittest' also inspired female poets of the time.
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| Created: | 2009-09-21 15:24 | ||
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| Collection: | The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts | ||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||
| Copyright: | The Fitzwilliam Museum | ||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||
| Keywords: | endless forms; charles darwin; natural science; visual arts; cambridge; fitzwilliam museum; exhibition; gillian; beer; literature; struggle; female; poets; | ||
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| Abstract: | Dame Gillian Beer discusses ideas of poverty, struggle and competition as explored in the painting 'On Strike' (1891), and examines how Darwinian notions of 'the survival of the fittest' also inspired female poets of the time.
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