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Studies in Major Literary Authors Ser.: Edith Wharton's Evolutionary Conception : Darwinian Allegory in the Major Novels by Paul J. Ohler (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100415977193

ISBN-139780415977197

eBay Product ID (ePID)52625971

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Number of Pages230 Pages

Publication NameEdith Wharton's Evolutionary Conception : Darwinian Allegory in the Major Novels

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, General, American / General, Books & Reading, Science & Technology, Subjects & Themes / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPaul J. Ohler

SeriesStudies in Major Literary Authors Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight20.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2006-006780

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813.52

Table Of ContentChapter 1 Metaphors of "Instinct and Tradition"; Chapter 2 "Blind Inherited Scruples": Lily Bart's Evolutionary Ethics; Chapter 3 The Incoherence of "Progress" in The Custom of the Country; Chapter 4 Newland Archer's "Hieroglyphic World"; ConclusionThe Limits of Wharton's "Objective Faculty";

SynopsisEdith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in The House of Mirth , The Custom of the Country , and The Age of Innocence . The book also examines The Descent of Man, The Fruit of the Tree, Twilight Sleep, and The Children to show that Wharton's interest in biology and sociology was central to the thematic and formal elements of her fiction. Ohler argues that Wharton depicts the complex interrelations of New York's gentry and socioeconomic elite from a perspective informed by the main concerns of evolutionary thought. Concentrating on her use of ideas she encountered in works by Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and T.H. Huxley, his readings of Wharton's major novels demonstrate the literary configuration of scientific ideas she drew on and, in some cases, disputed. R.W.B. Lewis writes that Wharton 'was passionately addicted to scientific study': this book explores the ramifications of this fact for her fictional sociobiology. The book explores the ways in which Edith Wharton's scientific interests shaped her analysis of class, affected the formal properties of her fiction, and resulted in her negative valuation of social Darwinism., "Edith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" "investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence. The book also examines "The Descent of Man," The Fruit of the Tree, Twilight Sleep, and The Children to show that Wharton's interest in biology and sociology was central to the thematic and formal elements of her fiction. Ohler argues that Wharton depicts the complex interrelations of New York's gentry and socioeconomic elite from a perspective informed by the main concerns of evolutionary thought. Concentrating on her use of ideas she encountered in works by Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and T.H. Huxley, his readings of Wharton's major novels demonstrate the literary configuration of scientific ideas she drew on and, in some cases, disputed. R.W.B. Lewis writes that Wharton "was passionately addicted to scientific study": this book explores the ramifications of this fact for her fictional sociobiology. The book explores the ways in which Edith Wharton's scientific interests shaped her analysis of class, affected the formal properties of her fiction, and resulted in her negative valuation of social Darwinism., Edith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence. The book also examines The Descent of Man, The Fruit of the Tree, Twilight Sleep, and The Children to show that Wharton's interest in biology and sociology was central to the thematic and formal elements of her fiction. Ohler argues that Wharton depicts the complex interrelations of New York's gentry and socioeconomic elite from a perspective informed by the main concerns of evolutionary thought. Concentrating on her use of ideas she encountered in works by Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and T.H. Huxley, his readings of Wharton's major novels demonstrate the literary configuration of scientific ideas she drew on and, in some cases, disputed. R.W.B. Lewis writes that Wharton 'was passionately addicted to scientific study': this book explores the ramifications of this fact for her fictional sociobiology. The book explores the ways in which Edith Wharton's scientific interests shaped her analysis of class, affected the formal properties of her fiction, and resulted in her negative valuation of social Darwinism.

LC Classification NumberPS3545.H16Z753 2001