Laura Vorachek
Biographic Data
| ID | 6011440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Vorachek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Vorachek |
| SIGNATURE | VORACHEK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dayton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mesmerists and Other Meddlers: Social Darwinism, Degeneration, and Eugenics in Trilby
About two-thirds of the way through George Du Maurier's Trilby (1894), a novel that entranced the reading public with its descriptions of Bohemian Paris and mesmerism, there is a seventeen-page digression on The Origin of Species . This rumination is sparked by the fact that Little Billee is “reading Mr. Darwin's immortal book for the third time” while he contemplates proposing to the parson's daughter, Alice (180; pt. 5). Ultimately, he cannot b…
The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation , by Phyllis Weliver
Reviewed by: The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation Laura Vorachek (bio) The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation, by Phyllis Weliver; pp. viii + 245. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, £45.00, $65.00. In this study, Phyllis Weliver continues the project initiated in her Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900: Representations of Music, Science and Gend…
Mesmerists and Other Meddlers: Social Darwinism, Degeneration, and Eugenics in Trilby
About two-thirds of the way through George Du Maurier's Trilby (1894), a novel that entranced the reading public with its descriptions of Bohemian Paris and mesmerism, there is a seventeen-page digression on The Origin of Species . This rumination is sparked by the fact that Little Billee is “reading Mr. Darwin's immortal book for the third time” while he contemplates proposing to the parson's daughter, Alice (180; pt. 5). Ultimately, he cannot b…
The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation , by Phyllis Weliver
Reviewed by: The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation Laura Vorachek (bio) The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation, by Phyllis Weliver; pp. viii + 245. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, £45.00, $65.00. In this study, Phyllis Weliver continues the project initiated in her Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900: Representations of Music, Science and Gend…
Mesmerists and Other Meddlers: Social Darwinism, Degeneration, and Eugenics in Trilby
About two-thirds of the way through George Du Maurier's Trilby (1894), a novel that entranced the reading public with its descriptions of Bohemian Paris and mesmerism, there is a seventeen-page digression on The Origin of Species . This rumination is sparked by the fact that Little Billee is “reading Mr. Darwin's immortal book for the third time” while he contemplates proposing to the parson's daughter, Alice (180; pt. 5). Ultimately, he cannot b…
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Appropriation (1 works) · Classical music (1 works) · Darwinism (1 works) · Decadence, Literature, and Society (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Eugenics (1 works) · Historical and Scientific Studies (1 works)