Description |
xvi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-375) and index. |
Contents |
In a dark time -- Frank Norris on the evolution and repression of the sexual instinct -- "The chaos of his brain" : evolutionary psychology in The red badge of courage -- Jack London and "the sex problem" -- Theodore Dreiser, science, and "It" -- "The varieties of human experience" : sexual intimacy, heredity, and emotional conflict in Gertrude Stein's early work -- Sex and evolution in Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and The song of the lark -- "Under the shell of life" : Sherwood Anderson and "the call of sex" -- "His mind aglow" : the biological undercurrent in Fitzgerald's Gatsby and other works -- Harlem, 1928 : the biology of the black soul and the "rising tide of rhythm" -- V.F. Calverton and the principles of red love -- "To be alive" : John Steinbeck's The log from the Sea of Cortez and The wayward bus -- "Night song" : Africa and Eden in Hemingway's late work. |
Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Literature and science -- English-speaking countries.
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Literature and science. |
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English-speaking countries. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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American fiction -- English influences.
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American fiction -- English influences. |
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Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature. |
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Mate selection in literature.
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Mate selection in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
ISBN |
0873388097 alkaline paper |
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