Charles M Lansley
My PhD (awarded 2016) examined the extent to which Alexander von Humboldt and others within the Romantic Movement may have influenced the work of Charles Darwin. This has now been reworked into a monograph and was published by Peter Lang in 2018 as 'Darwin's Debt to the Romantics: How Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Wordsworth Helped Shape Charles Darwin's View of Nature' (ISBN 978-1-78707-138-4).
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I have a BA (Hons) in Philosophy (University of London), a PGCE in Liberal Studies in Further Education (University of Leicester), an MA in Language and Linguistics in Education (University of Southampton), a PhD (University of Winchester) and am a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London (FLS). I also hold a CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice (Distinction) and a CIPD Certificate in Training Practice (Distinction). I have come from a career in Language Lecturing, Human Resources Management and Learning Development. I am now an independent researcher in the area of Romantic Studies, Victorian Studies and the Philosophy of Nature. I was a Research Fellow at the University of Winchester 2016 - 2018.
On 29 April 2021 I published an annotated edition of my late father's childhood memories of life on the Isle of Wight in the early 1920s, written in the style of an historical, autobiographical novel. This offers a quaint and amusing insight into family life in the interwar years on a rural English island before electricity and when the steam train reigned supreme.
It is a kind of historiographical memoir: the editor annotating the memoir in 2021 but looking back at a text written in the 1960s about a period in the 1920s. But looking back at the author who in his 40s was looking back at his childhood between the age of 4-10, creating thoughts and dialogue of a young child by an adult trying to recreate his childhood through memories in the 1960s. And all of this narrated by the child in the 1920s engaging with the reader in 2021 and beyond.
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Supervisors: Dr Gary Farnell and Prof Neil Messer
Details of the publication can be found on the Peter Lang web page at https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/product/78878?rskey=A5Ep9m&result=1
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I have a BA (Hons) in Philosophy (University of London), a PGCE in Liberal Studies in Further Education (University of Leicester), an MA in Language and Linguistics in Education (University of Southampton), a PhD (University of Winchester) and am a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London (FLS). I also hold a CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice (Distinction) and a CIPD Certificate in Training Practice (Distinction). I have come from a career in Language Lecturing, Human Resources Management and Learning Development. I am now an independent researcher in the area of Romantic Studies, Victorian Studies and the Philosophy of Nature. I was a Research Fellow at the University of Winchester 2016 - 2018.
On 29 April 2021 I published an annotated edition of my late father's childhood memories of life on the Isle of Wight in the early 1920s, written in the style of an historical, autobiographical novel. This offers a quaint and amusing insight into family life in the interwar years on a rural English island before electricity and when the steam train reigned supreme.
It is a kind of historiographical memoir: the editor annotating the memoir in 2021 but looking back at a text written in the 1960s about a period in the 1920s. But looking back at the author who in his 40s was looking back at his childhood between the age of 4-10, creating thoughts and dialogue of a young child by an adult trying to recreate his childhood through memories in the 1960s. And all of this narrated by the child in the 1920s engaging with the reader in 2021 and beyond.
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By Dr Charles Morris Lansley
Published by Peter Lang 31 July 2018
ISBN 978-1-78707-138-4
306 Pages
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Book Synopsis
The author traces the influences that contributed to the development of Charles Darwin’s imagination leading to his theory of natural selection. This asks the question of whether they could be regarded as Romantic and square with Darwin being a Victorian naturalist and gentleman.
Darwin took Alexander von Humboldt’s Personal Narrative with him on the Beagle and this is analysed alongside Darwin’s works to identify any influences. Darwin refers to the concept of ‘archetype’ a number of times in his Origin and this is examined to see if he might have been influenced by Goethe’s use of the concept. If so, could Darwin have been influenced by the German Romantics? Darwin also refers to the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth in his notebooks, yet in his Autobiography he describes all poetry as creating a feeling of nausea. The author looks into this contradiction to see if Romantic poetry had an effect on Darwin’s imagination. Darwin also denied that his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, had had any influence on him. The author analyses his poetry to trace any influences and whether any of these could be regarded as strengthening the view that Charles Darwin was Romantic. The book cleverly follows Darwin’s form of the narrative in searching for traces of history both in science and poetry, and this is achieved with the same inspired imagination as Darwin’s.
Book Reviews by Charles M Lansley
The Acquisition of a Second Writing System
By Rosmary Sassoon
Published by Intellect, Oxford (1995)
Paperback
Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition
By Clare Galloway and brian Richards (Eds.)
Cambridge University Press (1994)
Hardback ISBN 0 521 43109 3
Paperback ISBN 0 521 43725 3
Books by Charles M Lansley
child’s upbringing by his grandparents
in 1920s Isle of Wight.
Written from a child‘s world view, we feel the magical and
loving relationship between Peter and his grandfather. From
musings on God, the afterlife and the cemetery at Mount Joy,
Carisbrooke, to wonderful evocations of Christmas, as well as
misadventures with his girlfriend Victoria in the grounds of
Fernhill House and at Wootton Creek.
Through Charles Lansley’s meticulous research related to the
manuscript written by his late father Peter Lansley, we gain a
greater understanding of what family and Wootton village
life was like in the 1920s, when the steam train ran supreme,
when there was no electricity or telephone, and when it was
safe for a five year old to walk into the village alone.
‘My world was wonderful as I stood in my smallness by the
gate, now and again leaning backwards against the wind, using
him as a resting place for my back, and talking to him as a
living person instead of a sea noise taking away fading summer
leaves. I splayed out my hands and felt the freshness glide
through my fingers as I watched the leaves soar upwards
against a background of white seahorse clouds
under a bluey canvas sky.’
By Dr Charles Morris Lansley
Published by Peter Lang 31 July 2018
ISBN 978-1-78707-138-4
306 Pages
Peter Lang web page https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/product/78878?rskey=A5Ep9m&result=1
Available from Amazon https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?isbn=9781787071384&mode=isbn&st=sr&ac=qr
Book Synopsis
The author traces the influences that contributed to the development of Charles Darwin’s imagination leading to his theory of natural selection. This asks the question of whether they could be regarded as Romantic and square with Darwin being a Victorian naturalist and gentleman.
Darwin took Alexander von Humboldt’s Personal Narrative with him on the Beagle and this is analysed alongside Darwin’s works to identify any influences. Darwin refers to the concept of ‘archetype’ a number of times in his Origin and this is examined to see if he might have been influenced by Goethe’s use of the concept. If so, could Darwin have been influenced by the German Romantics? Darwin also refers to the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth in his notebooks, yet in his Autobiography he describes all poetry as creating a feeling of nausea. The author looks into this contradiction to see if Romantic poetry had an effect on Darwin’s imagination. Darwin also denied that his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, had had any influence on him. The author analyses his poetry to trace any influences and whether any of these could be regarded as strengthening the view that Charles Darwin was Romantic. The book cleverly follows Darwin’s form of the narrative in searching for traces of history both in science and poetry, and this is achieved with the same inspired imagination as Darwin’s.
The Acquisition of a Second Writing System
By Rosmary Sassoon
Published by Intellect, Oxford (1995)
Paperback
Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition
By Clare Galloway and brian Richards (Eds.)
Cambridge University Press (1994)
Hardback ISBN 0 521 43109 3
Paperback ISBN 0 521 43725 3
child’s upbringing by his grandparents
in 1920s Isle of Wight.
Written from a child‘s world view, we feel the magical and
loving relationship between Peter and his grandfather. From
musings on God, the afterlife and the cemetery at Mount Joy,
Carisbrooke, to wonderful evocations of Christmas, as well as
misadventures with his girlfriend Victoria in the grounds of
Fernhill House and at Wootton Creek.
Through Charles Lansley’s meticulous research related to the
manuscript written by his late father Peter Lansley, we gain a
greater understanding of what family and Wootton village
life was like in the 1920s, when the steam train ran supreme,
when there was no electricity or telephone, and when it was
safe for a five year old to walk into the village alone.
‘My world was wonderful as I stood in my smallness by the
gate, now and again leaning backwards against the wind, using
him as a resting place for my back, and talking to him as a
living person instead of a sea noise taking away fading summer
leaves. I splayed out my hands and felt the freshness glide
through my fingers as I watched the leaves soar upwards
against a background of white seahorse clouds
under a bluey canvas sky.’