Degeneration, culture and the novel: 1880–1940
Auteur :
Greenslade, William P.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521131124
Date de publication :
11 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
550 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Towards the end of the nineteenth century developments in medical, biological and psychiatric sciences encouraged theories of the degeneration of the human race. Here William Greenslade investigates the impact of degeneration theories on British culture, and explores the trope in the work of novelists including Hardy, Woolf and Buchan.