Of beasts and boys: Kingsley, Spencer, and the theory of recapitulation

Victorian Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-609

  Straley, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2979/VIC.2007.49.4.583     Document Type: Article

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