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Investigating Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in her novels, this title explores the ways in which her scientific interests shaped her analysis of class, affected the formal properties of her fiction, and resulted in her negative valuation of social Darwinism.Ohler, Paul is the author of 'Edith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" Darwinian Allegory in Her Major Novels', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415977197 and ISBN 0415977193.
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