Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. “I’m Evolving!”: Birds, Beasts, and Parodies 20
7. 2. Confronting the Serious Side 38
8. 3. “On the Contrary!”: Ibsen’s Evolutionary Vision 63
9. 4. “Ugly . . . but Irresistible”: Maternal Instinct on Stage 92
10. 5. Edwardians and Eugenicists 128
11. 6. Reproductive Issues 169
12. 7. Midcentury American Engagements with Evolution 203
13. 8. Beckett’s “Old Muckball” 237
14. Epilogue: Staging the Anthropocene 273
15. Notes 289
16. Index 363