Parallel Expeditions: Charles Darwin and the Art of John Steinbeck

The first study of Darwin's influence on one of America's most popular authors. It covers the entire range of John Steinbeck's works from "Cup of Gold" to "America and Americans".

Examining both the fiction and non-fiction works from a Darwinian viewpoint, Dr. Railsback demonstrates Steinbeck's careful dramatization of the human as animal.