Modernism and Eugenics : Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, and the Culture of Degeneration.
by
 
Childs, Donald J.

Title
Modernism and Eugenics : Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, and the Culture of Degeneration.

Author
Childs, Donald J.

ISBN
9780511153778

Personal Author
Childs, Donald J.

Physical Description
1 online resource (276 pages)

Contents
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Virginia Woolf's hereditary taint -- CHAPTER 2 Boers, whores, and Mongols in Mrs. Dalloway -- CHAPTER 3 Body and biology in A Room of One's Own -- CHAPTER 4 Eliot on biology and birthrates -- CHAPTER 5 To breed or not to breed: the Eliots' question -- CHAPTER 6 Fatal fertility in The Waste Land -- CHAPTER 7 The late eugenics of W. B. Yeats -- CHAPTER 8 Yeats and stirpiculture -- CHAPTER 9 Yeats and The Sexual Question -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 VIRGINIA WOOLF'S HEREDITARY TAINT -- 2 BOERS, WHORES, AND MONGOLS IN MRS. DALLOWAY -- 3 BODY AND BIOLOGY IN A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN -- 4 ELIOT ON BIOLOGY AND BIRTHRATES -- 5 TO BREED OR NOT TO BREED: THE ELIOTS' QUESTION -- 6 FATAL FERTILITY IN THE WASTE LAND -- 7 THE LATE EUGENICS OF W. B. YEATS -- 8 YEATS AND STIRPICULTURE -- 9 YEATS AND THE SEXUAL QUESTION -- Index.

Abstract
This book, first published in 2001, explores the impact of eugenics on the lives and work of such modernist writers as Woolf, Eliot and Yeats.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Genre
Electronic books.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1181627-1001PR478 .M6 C47 2001Ebrary E-Books