Title Genetics and the literary imagination / Clare Hanson

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 202 pages) Series Oxford textual perspectives Oxford textual perspectives. Contents Doris Lessing's evolutionary epic -- A.S. Byatt's biological reason -- Ian McEwan : the literary animal -- Clone lives : Eva Hoffman and Kazuo Ishiguro -- Postgenomic histories : Margaret Drabble and Jackie Kay Summary Studying works by Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, A.S. Byatt, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Jackie Kay, this book explores the impact on literature of the gene-centric model of human nature that entered mainstream culture in the wake of the discovery of the structure of DNA Notes Also issued in print: 2020 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on July 20, 2020) Subject English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism Genetic engineering in literature. Human genetics in literature. Human behavior in literature. English fiction Genetic engineering in literature Human behavior in literature Human genetics in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191851278 0191851272 9780192542786 0192542788

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