Savage in Literature

<p>First published in 1975 this study is concerned with the representation of non-European people in English popular fiction in the period from 1858-1920. It examines the developments in thinking about people across the world and shows how they affected writers' views of evolution race heredity and of the life of the so-called 'primitive' man. </p> <p>This book will be of interest to those studying 19<sup>th</sup> century literature. </p>