Darwin and Faulkner's Novels Evolution and Southern Fiction |
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| Author:
| Wainwright, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-36288-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Wide-ranging and skillful, Darwin and Faulkner's Novels reexamines the fiction of the great twentieth-century author from the interdisciplinary perspective of sociobiology. Challenging the assumption that Faulkner's South was nothing other than a reactionary wilderness, this ambitious book unsettles staid interpretations of the Faulknerian canon.
Wide-ranging and skillful, Darwin and Faulkner's Novels reexamines the fiction of the great twentieth-century author from the interdisciplinary perspective of sociobiology. Challenging the assumption that Faulkner's South was nothing other than a reactionary wilderness, this ambitious book unsettles staid interpretations of the Faulknerian canon.