The book offers a comparative analysis of diverse Darwinism-inspired discourses such as
post-modern novels science fiction popular science and nature films. Analysing the uses of
the evolutionary discourse in recent literature and films the study demonstrates how natural
science influences the contemporary humanities and how literary conventions are used to make
scientific and popular-science texts intelligible and attractive. Charles Darwin's Looking
Glass shows how and why today's culture gazes upon the myth of Darwin his theory and his life
in order to find its own reflection.
