Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll
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| Autore: |
Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.9336 |
| Soggetto topico: | Literature and science |
| Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc | |
| Evolution (Biology) in literature | |
| Human behavior - Philosophy | |
| Evolutionary psychology | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Showcases the latest developments in literary Darwinism, a powerful approach that integrates evolutionary social science with literary humanism. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reading human nature |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-3524-X |
| 1-4416-8886-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827183903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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