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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressThis first study on Darwin's influence on one of America's most popular authors covers the entire range of John Steinbeck's works from Cup of Gold (1929) to America and Americans (1966). Parallell Expeditions explores how Darwin and Steinbeck defined what it is to be human.
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Railsback (professional writing, Western Carolina U.) examines explorer Darwin's influence on the fiction and nonfiction of novelist John Steinbeck, demonstrating Steinbeck's dramatization of the human as animal and discussing how Darwin and Steinbeck defined what it is to be human. The study traces Darwin's direct and indirect influences on the writer and points out Darwinian traits in his portrayal of women and men, sex and violence, and compassion and brutality, with a focus on The Grapes of Wrath. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 1, 1995
Publisher
Moscow, Idaho : University of Idaho Press, 1995.
Pages
156
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780893011772