About the Author

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Brett Cooke is Associate Professor of Russian at Texas A & M University.

Praise For…

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"Engaging, provocative in the best sense, Cooke's is an excellent book." --George Gutsche, University of Arizona


"The virtuoso merging of sociobiological ideas and standard critical techniques is an important vindication for the whole idea of a sociobiological literary criticism. This is a highly accomplished piece of literary scholarship. It will long stand as a landmark." --Joseph Carroll, University of Missouri