Degeneration, culture and the novel, 1880-1940 /

Greenslade, William.

Degeneration, culture and the novel, 1880-1940 / William Greenslade. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xiii, 355 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards the end of the 19th century developments in medical, biological and psychiatric sciences encouraged theories of the degeneration of the human race. Here, William Greenslade investigates the impact of degeneration theories on British culture and explores the trope in the work of novelists including Hardy and Woolf.

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English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History.--Great Britain
Degeneration in literature.
Literature.

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