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UNINA9910461522403321 |
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Autore |
Carroll Joseph <1949-> |
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Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
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1-4384-3524-X |
1-4416-8886-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (371 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and science |
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Evolution (Biology) in literature |
Human behavior - Philosophy |
Evolutionary psychology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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