Darwin and Faulkner's Novels: Evolution and Southern Fiction
Description
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.
Keywords
DARWIN, CHARLES, 1809-1882FAULKNER, WILLIAM, 1897-1962LITERATURE AND SCIENCESOUTHERN STATES_INTELLECTUAL LIFE
2008Book
Author(s)Michael Wainwright
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230604629
LanguageEnglish
