Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine: Heredity Rules in the Twentieth Century

Luczak, Ewa Barbara

A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-09-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137545787

DOI: 10.1057/9781137545794

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 275