Darwin and Faulkner's novels : evolution and southern fiction / / Michael Wainwright

• Autore: Wainwright Michael
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.509
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - Southern States - History and criticism; Evolution (Biology) in literature; Social Darwinism in literature; Literature and science - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Intellectual life
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Looking across the Atlantic -- Hand in hand with the old gentleman -- The complex temple of sexual politics -- Pangenesis and southern thought -- From race to ecology -- Philosophical frontiers -- The enemy within -- Self-interest, cooperation, and beyond.
• Sommario/riassunto: Displaying a wide range of knowledge and interpretive skill, Darwin and Faulkner's Novels reexamines the fiction of the great twentieth century American author from the interdisciplinary perspective of sociobiology. Challenging the assumption that Faulkner's South was nothing other than a reactionary wilderness and charting the manner in which Faulkner learned and applied his evolutionary concepts, this book unsettles staid interpretations of the Falknerian canon and overturns habitual judgments as to the value of his later novels.
• Titolo autorizzato: Darwin and Faulkner's novels
• ISBN: 1-281-97689-X; 9786611976897; 0-230-61205-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816085803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II