Fire in the Stone: Prehistoric Fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel
The genre of prehistoric fiction contains a surprisingly large and diverse group of fictional works by American, British, and French writers from the late nineteenth century to the present that describe prehistoric humans. Nicholas Ruddick explains why prehistoric fiction could not come into being until after the acceptance of Charles Darwin's theories, and argues that many early prehistoric fiction works are still worth reading even though the science upon which they are based is now...
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The first comprehensive study of prehistoric fiction
Preface Acknowledgments Notes on References Introduction: The Fiction of Hominization GENERIC EVOLUTION From Boitard's Paris before Man to London's Before Adam From Rosny's First Artist to del Rey's Last Neanderthal From Fisher's "Testament of Man" to Auel's "Earth's Children"THEMATIC EVOLUTION Nature and Human Nature Sex and Gender Race or the Human Race A Cultural Triad: Language, Religion, Art Coda: Baxter's Evolution and Post-Hominization A Prehistoric Chronology Notes Works Cited Illustration Credits Index
\ From the Publisher"I think this is a very good book, with rich meanings; and it takes its place well in this growing series of books from Wesleyan University Press on early science fiction."--Donald M. Hassler, Science Fiction Studies\ "...extensively researched and elegantly communicated....The Fire in The Stone to provide a major step forward in the way we think about genre."--Jonathan McCalmont, Salon Futura\ \ \
