Becoming (Post)Human: How H.G. Wells, Upton Sinclair, and D.H. Lawrence Tried to Alter the Course of Human Evolution

Becoming (Post)Human: How H.G. Wells, Upton Sinclair, and D.H. Lawrence Tried to Alter the Course of Human Evolution

Thesis advisor: Marjorie Howes === This dissertation examines the dual impacts of evolutionary theory and the industrial revolution on late 19th and early 20th century transatlantic fiction, particularly in articulating the concepts of perfectibility and degeneration. Darwinian evolutionary theory m...

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Main Author: Pasinella, Alison
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2014
Subjects:
20th century
animals
bodies
evolution
machines
technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104050

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http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104050

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