02723 am 22005893u 450 991028222610332120231116182433.01-61811-592-8https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv4v3226(CKB)4100000005679621(ScCtBLL)b2fa711a-d670-4408-bcb5-862de7880cea(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28664(MiAaPQ)EBC5497069(EXLCZ)99410000000567962120181228d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican classics evolutionary perspectives /Judith P. SaundersAcademic Studies Press2018Boston :Academic Studies Press,[2018]©20181 online resource (286 pages)Evolution, cognition, and the arts1-61811-765-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.This collection of essays offers evolutionary psychological analysis of selected works from the American literary tradition. Application of evolutionary theory to writing by Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, F. Scot Fitzgerald, Zora Neal Hurston, and others creates an interdisciplinary framework for examining key textual features: plot, theme, tone, setting, symbol, characterization, point of view; and at the same time provides an accessible introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Pertinent scientific research, together with essential terms and concepts, is explained in context. Connections are made throughout to existing commentary on the targeted texts, illustrating how Darwinian scrutiny can enrich, extend, or reconfigure understandings derived from other critical approaches.Evolution, cognition, and the arts.American literatureHistory and criticismEvolution (Biology) in literatureLiteratureClassic LiteratureEvolutionAmerican LiteratureEssaysEvolutionary TheoryLiterary TraditionDarwinian literary critical methodologyHenry David ThoreauAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Evolution (Biology) in literature.576.82092Saunders Judith P.905296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910282226103321American classics2024612UNINA