"[T]he poetic value of the evolutionary conception" : Darwinian allegory in the major novels of Edith Wharton, 1905-1920
My study investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with Darwin's evolutionary theory in "The House of Mirth" (1905), "The Custom of the Country" (1913), and "The Age of Innocence" (1920). The value of juxtaposing Wharton's narratives with her scientific k...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14936 |