Parallel Expeditions: Charles Darwin and the Art of John Steinbeck - Hardcover

Railsback, Brian E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0893011770 ISBN 13: 9780893011772

Publisher: Caxton Press, 1995

Synopsis

Presents the 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). This title explores how Darwin and Steinbeck defined what it is to be human.

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About the Author

Brian E. Railsback is Director of Professional Writing at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

From the Back Cover

This first study of 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). Examining both the fiction and non-fiction works from a Darwinian viewpoint, Dr. Railsback demonstrates Steinbeck's careful dramatization of the human as animal - the signature conception of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Parallel Expeditions explores how Darwin and Steinbeck defined what it is to be human. Dr. Railsback clarifies the most profound current running through Steinbeck's art by providing an analysis that credits the novelist with a thorough, sometimes painful, understanding of the human's place in the ecosystem. Darwin's revolution in science became Steinbeck's revolution in literature. The resulting holistic perspective is still very relevant, even critical, today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Caxton Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893011770
• ISBN 13: 9780893011772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156