Scientific Americans : The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-twentieth-century U.S. Literature and Culture

Name: Scientific Americans
Brand: University of Wales Press
SKU: 9781783160174
Price: 11700 KES
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ISBN: 9781783160174

by John Bruni

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Format Hardback

Book Series Intersections in Literature and Science

ISBN-10 1783160179

ISBN-13 9781783160174

Publisher University of Wales Press

Imprint University of Wales Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 15th, 2014

Print length 272 Pages

Weight 448 grams

Dimensions 22.30 x 14.30 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: from c 1900 -Cultural studies

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The book challenges narrow readings of evolution as 'social Darwinism' by looking at evolutionary theory through the interrelated perspectives of science, North American naturalist literature, and popular journalism.

In Scientific Americans, John Bruni brings matters of global citizenship and ecological awareness to bear on an analysis of literary naturalism and identity formation. Bruni looks at the works of Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Jack London, and Henry Adams, arguing that their works both illustrate how social environments shape the representation and reception of evolutionary theories and test the evolutionary destablilizing of identity against the social categories of race, gender, and citizenship.

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