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Reading human nature : literary Darwinism in theory and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carroll, Joseph, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Evolutionary psychology.
Human behavior > Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literature and science.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Adaptationist literary theory
  • Part Two: Interpretive practice. Aestheticism, homoeroticism, and Christian guilt in The picture of Dorian Gray; the cuckoo's history: human nature in Wuthering Heights; intentional meaning in Hamlet
  • Part three: Empirical literary study: an experiment in web-based research. Agonistic structure in Victorian novels: doing the math; quantifying agonistic structure in The mayor of Casterbridge
  • Part four: Evolutionary intellectual history. The power of Darwin's vision; the science wars in a long view; a Darwinian revolution in the humanities.