This volume volume examines survival in both literal and figurative terms to include such varied kinds of survival as physical, psychological, social, and spiritual endurance. ContentsAbout This Volume, Robert C. Evans ixOn Survival: The Survival Theme in Science Fiction, Darren Harris-Fain xviiCritical ContextsSurvival Psychology in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon, Robert C. Evans 3The Survival Theme in Literature: An Overview, Paul Bailey 18An Evolution of Survival in American Short Fiction: Stories byJack London, Ray Bradbury, Octavia E. Butler, and George Saunders,Steve Gronert Ellerhoff 36Survival (and Degeneration?) of the Fittest in Kipling's"The Mark of the Beast" and Stevenson'sStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, V. Britt Terry 54Critical ReadingsThe Apostle Paul as Odyssean Survivor, Christopher Baker 75The Frontier of Tragedy: Survival in Measure for Measure,Nicolas Tredell 91Survival as a Theme in the Sequel to Mark Twain'sAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, Robert C. Evans 108By the Skin of Their Teeth: Surviving the Vampire in Bram Stoker'sDracula, Nicolas Tredell 125Issues of Survival in Jack London's "In a Far Country," Kelley Jeans 141Virtue and Survival in The Grapes of Wrath, Christopher Baker 154Survival as a Theme in Philip Larkin's Poetry: From the Mid-50s tothe Mid-60s, Robert C. Evans 169The Last Supper: Culinary Safety and Salvation in Recent Science Fiction,Paul N. Duke 184Surviving Dystopia: Octavia Butler and Margaret Atwood, M. G. Gainer 198Responses to Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild, Bryan Warren 213vi Critical InsightsResourcesFurther Reading 231Bibliography 233About the Editor 237Contributors 239Index
