Breeding and Eugenics in the American Literary Imagination
| Author | : Ewa Barbara Luczak |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2016-04-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137545794 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137545798 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Breeding and Eugenics in the American Literary Imagination by : Ewa Barbara Luczak
Download or read book Breeding and Eugenics in the American Literary Imagination written by Ewa Barbara Luczak and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
