Atavistic tendencies [electronic resource] : the culture of science in American modernity / Dana Seitler.
Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.Description: viii, 315 p. : illISBN:- 081665123X (hc : alk. paper)
- 0816651248 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780816651238 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780816651245 (pb : alk. paper)
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Atavism -- History -- 19th century
- Atavism -- History -- 20th century
- Biology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Eugenics in literature
- Human reproduction in literature
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- PS228.E85 S45 2008eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-283) and index.
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