1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004140369707536

Autore

Società internazionale di studi francescani

Titolo

La predicazione dei frati dalla metà del '200 alla fine del '300 : atti del 22. Convegno internazionale, Assisi, 13-15 ottobre 1994 / Società internazionale di studi francescani, Centro interuniversitario di studi francescani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Spoleto : Centro italiano di studi sull'alto Medioevo, 1995

ISBN

8879884344

Descrizione fisica

X, 496 p. 32 c. di tav. : ill. ; 23 cm

Collana

Atti dei convegni della Societa internazionale di studi francescani e del Centro interuniversitario di studi francescani. N. S. ; 5

SISF convegni ; 22

Altri autori (Enti)

Centro interuniversitario di studi francescaniauthor

Disciplina

251.009022

Soggetti

Predicazione - Congressi

Sermoni - Congressi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996328034703316

Autore

Saunders Judith P.

Titolo

American Classics : Evolutionary Perspectives / / Judith P. Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-61811-767-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts

Disciplina

810.9

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism

Evolution (Biology) in literature

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Story of a Successful Social Animal -- 2. Nepotism in Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" -- 3. Biophilia in Thoreau's Walden -- 4. Bateman's Principle in "Song of Myself": Whitman Celebrates Male Ardency -- 5. Maladaptive Behavior and Auctorial Design: Huck Finn's Pap -- 6. Hell's Fury: Female Mate-Retention Strategies in Wharton's "Pomegranate Seed" and Ethan Frome -- 7. Male Reproductive Strategies in Sherwood Anderson's "The Untold Lie" -- 8. The Great Gatsby: An Unusual Case of Mate Poaching -- 9. Female Sexual Strategies in the Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay -- 10. Philosophy and Fitness: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and The Sun Also Rises -- 11. Paternal Confidence in Zora Neale Hurston's "The Gilded Six-Bits" -- 12. The Role of the Arts in Male Courtship Display: Billy Collins's "Serenade" -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The inaugural book in ASP's new Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts series, this collection of essays examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Using an interdisciplinary framework to pose new questions about long admired, much discussed texts, the collection as a whole provides an introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Individual



essays feature a variety of figures-Benjamin Franklin to Billy Collins-targeting fitness-related issues ranging from sexual strategies and parental investment to cheating and deception. Attention is paid to the physical and social environments in which fictional characters are placed, including the influence of cultural-historical conditions on resource acquisition, status-building, competition, and reciprocity. Discussion throughout the volume makes connections to existing secondary comment, suggesting how Darwinian scrutiny can generate unexpected insights into long familiar works.