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New York: Spencer Books, 1999. 2nd Edition . Hardcover with Slip Case. Like New/Like New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 132 pp. SIGNED BY AUTHO… More...

New York: Spencer Books, 1999. 2nd Edition . Hardcover with Slip Case. Like New/Like New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 132 pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!! With Inscription! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and attached dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and attached dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear., Spencer Books, 1999, 5, New. Edith Wharton's &quot;Evolutionary Conception&quot; 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., 6<

ISBN: 9780415880060

Edith Wharton''s ""Evolutionary Conception""investigates Edith Wharton''s engagement with evolutionary theory inThe House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, andThe Age of Innocence. The… More...

Edith Wharton''s ""Evolutionary Conception""investigates Edith Wharton''s engagement with evolutionary theory inThe House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, andThe 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 by Paul J. Ohler Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Reference > Writing P10116, Paul J. Ohler<

ISBN: 9780415880060

Edith Wharton''s "Evolutionary Conception"investigates Edith Wharton''s engagement with evolutionary theory inThe House of Mirth,The Custom of the Country, andThe Age of Innocence. The bo… More...

Edith Wharton''s "Evolutionary Conception"investigates Edith Wharton''s engagement with evolutionary theory inThe House of Mirth,The Custom of the Country, andThe 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. Books > Reference > Writing List_Books, [PU: Routledge]<

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