"Symbiosis or Death": - Rhodes University

Acknowledgements
To Andrew Stevens who has admirably lived up to his belief in life-long learning in
managing to live with me through the writing of this thesis.
To Amy, Beth, and Hannah Stevens who have shown understanding and support beyond
their years, and have accepted my preoccupation with few grumbles.
To Dan Wylie who got me into, through and out of this.
To Don Maclennan who first led me to the water.
To Veli Mitova who convinced me I was able to swim and, when the going got tough,
kept me afloat.
To everyone in the Rhodes English Department for their emotional and intellectual
support.
To Asta Rau for the copious cups of coffee, laughter and lessons in theory.
To the QOGS (Quilters of Grahamstown) for their homespun wisdom and for all those
convivial Wednesday nights.
Note:- Part of Chapter Five has been published as:
“’Life pumping through as anyhow’: Douglas Livingstone’s use of Evolution in A
Littoral Zone”
In Green Letters: Science and Literature 5 (2004): 12-22.
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