Reading Edith Wharton Through a Darwinian Lens
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- ISBN 9780786440023
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2009
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Beneath the polished surface of the genteel environments delineated in Wharton's fiction, characters are competing fiercely for desirable mates, questing for social status and resources, and plotting ruthlessly to advance their relatives' fortunes in life. This book identifies these and other evolutionary issues central to her fiction, demonstrating their significance in terms of character, setting, plot, and theme. Connections to existing Wharton criticism are made throughout the book, so that readers can see how an evolutionary perspective enriches, refutes, or reconfigures insights derived from other critical approaches.
Judith P. Saunders, a professor of English at Marist College in New York State, has published works on a wide range of literary topics. Her contributions to Edith Wharton scholarship may be found in a variety of academic journals and textbook editions.
