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9. The Damnation of Theron Ware: His Failure in "The Work of Selection"
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
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Part I: The 1870s and 1880s
- 1. Evolutionary Anthropology and Sexual Selection in William Dean Howells's Their Wedding Journey 33
- 2. Courting Design: Chance, Choice, and Sexual Difference in Howells's Courtship Novels of the 1870s 58
- 3. Darwinian Problems in A Modern Instance: Heredity, Primitive Marriage, and Male Sexual Aggression 83
- 4. Henry James and The Descent of Man: "The Loves of the Quadrupeds" in "The Madonna of the Future" and Roderick Hudson 107
- 5. Psychological Darwinism in The Portrait of a Lady 132
- 6. Darwin and "The Natural History of Doctresses": The Sex War Between Howells, Phelps, Jewett, and James 155
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Part II: The 1890s
- 7. Kate Chopin's Quarrel with Darwin before The Awakening 197
- 8. The Teeth of Desire: The Awakening and The Descent of Man 214
- 9. The Damnation of Theron Ware: His Failure in "The Work of Selection" 230
- 10. Sources of Power in The Market-Place: Sexual Vigor, Nerve Force, and the Concealment of Emotions 261
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Part III: 1900-1926
- 11. Race and Sexual Selection in Charles W. Chesnutt's The House Behind the Cedars 289
- 12. Edith Wharton, from "The Descent of Man" to The Reef 314
- 13. Sexual Selection in The Sun Also Rises 341
- Appendix: Darwin in American Literary History since 1950 361
- Notes 369
- Works Cited 405
- Index 421
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: The 1870s and 1880s
- 1. Evolutionary Anthropology and Sexual Selection in William Dean Howells's Their Wedding Journey 33
- 2. Courting Design: Chance, Choice, and Sexual Difference in Howells's Courtship Novels of the 1870s 58
- 3. Darwinian Problems in A Modern Instance: Heredity, Primitive Marriage, and Male Sexual Aggression 83
- 4. Henry James and The Descent of Man: "The Loves of the Quadrupeds" in "The Madonna of the Future" and Roderick Hudson 107
- 5. Psychological Darwinism in The Portrait of a Lady 132
- 6. Darwin and "The Natural History of Doctresses": The Sex War Between Howells, Phelps, Jewett, and James 155
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Part II: The 1890s
- 7. Kate Chopin's Quarrel with Darwin before The Awakening 197
- 8. The Teeth of Desire: The Awakening and The Descent of Man 214
- 9. The Damnation of Theron Ware: His Failure in "The Work of Selection" 230
- 10. Sources of Power in The Market-Place: Sexual Vigor, Nerve Force, and the Concealment of Emotions 261
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Part III: 1900-1926
- 11. Race and Sexual Selection in Charles W. Chesnutt's The House Behind the Cedars 289
- 12. Edith Wharton, from "The Descent of Man" to The Reef 314
- 13. Sexual Selection in The Sun Also Rises 341
- Appendix: Darwin in American Literary History since 1950 361
- Notes 369
- Works Cited 405
- Index 421