LEADER 03088nam 2200445 450 001 9910502659303321 005 20230629222551.0 010 $a3-030-82738-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000012037512 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6736348 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6736348 035 $a(OCoLC)1276854423 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012037512 100 $a20220625d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Early evolutionary imagination $eliterature and human nature /$fEmelie Jonsson 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 225 1 $aCognitive Studies in Literature and Performance 311 $a3-030-82737-2 327 $aIntro -- -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Contents -- 1 Using Evolution to Explain the Evolutionary Imagination -- 1.1 The Case for Literature -- 1.2 A Current View of the Human Species -- 1.3 The Human Niche -- 1.4 Sociality and Social Organization -- 1.5 Imagination and the Arts -- 1.6 Species Identity and Literature -- References -- 2 Myth-Making in Early Evolutionary Thought -- 2.1 Negotiating Human Uniqueness -- 2.2 Myths of Order, Cooperation, and Harmony -- 2.3 Myths of Competition, Inequality, and Individualism -- 2.4 Nature as Antagonist or Protagonist -- 2.5 Making Meaning -- References -- 3 Darwinism in Literature -- 3.1 Previous Literary Scholarship -- 3.2 The Position of Evolutionary Literary Theory -- References -- 4 From Adventure to Utopia -- 4.1 Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1912) -- 4.2 Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) -- 4.3 Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Coming Race (1871) -- References -- 5 Jack London's Evolutionary Imagination -- 5.1 The Split Cosmic Vision and the Handcuff to Life -- 5.2 Martin Eden (1909) -- 5.3 The Sea-Wolf (1904) -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 H. G. Wells's Evolutionary Imagination -- 6.1 The Little Animals and the Mind of the Race -- 6.2 The Shakespeare of Science Fiction -- 6.3 The Time Machine (1895) -- 6.4 The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Joseph Conrad's Evolutionary Imagination -- 7.1 Conrad's Science -- 7.2 The Skeptical Life Strategy -- The Personal Level -- The Cultural Level -- The Universal Level -- 7.3 Heart of Darkness (1899) -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 The Unimaginable Place in Nature -- References -- Index. 410 0$aCognitive studies in literature and performance. 606 $aEvolution in literature 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEvolution in literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a812 700 $aJonsson$b Emelie$0852718 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910502659303321 996 $aThe Early Evolutionary Imagination$92568251 997 $aUNINA