Literary Darwinism : evolution, human nature, and literature / / Joseph Carroll
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| Autore: |
Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Literary Darwinism : evolution, human nature, and literature / / Joseph Carroll
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823/.80936 |
| Soggetto topico: | English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Evolution (Biology) in literature | |
| English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc | |
| Literature and science - Great Britain | |
| Social Darwinism in literature | |
| Human beings in literature | |
| Adaptation (Biology) | |
| Nature in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Mapping the Disciplinary Landscape; 1. The Use of Arnold in a Darwinian World; 2. Biology and Poststructuralism; 3. ""Theory,"" Anti-Theory, and Empirical Criticism; 4. Out of Eden and to the Left: A Review of John Ellis's Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities; 5. Literary Study and Evolutionary Theory: A Review of Books by Alexander Argyros, Walter Koch, Karl Kroeber, Robert Storey, Frederick Turner, and Mark Turner |
| 6. Pinker, Dickens, and the Functions of Literature7. Wilson's Consilience and Literary Study; 8. Ecocriticism, Cognitive Ethology, and the Environments of Victorian Fiction; Part 2 Adaptationist Literary Studies: Theory and Practical Criticism; 1. The Deep Structure of Literary Representations; 2. Universals in Literary Study; 3. Human Universals and Literary Meaning: A Sociobiological Critique of Pride and Prejudice, Villette, O Pioneers!, Anna of the Five Towns, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles; 4. Organism, Environment, and Literature | |
| 5. Adaptationist Criteria of Literary Value: Assessing Kurten's Dance of the Tiger, AuePs The Clan of the Cave Bear, and Golding's The Inheritors6. Human Nature and Literary Meaning: A Theoretical Model Illustrated with a Critique of Pride and Prejudice; Part 3 Darwin and Darwinism; 1. The Origin of Charles Darwin: A Review of Three Darwin Biographies; 2. Modern Darwinism and the Pseudo-Revolutions of Stephen Jay Gould; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Literary Darwinism |
| ISBN: | 0-203-60640-X |
| 1-280-05130-2 | |
| 1-135-87893-5 | |
| 0-203-50527-1 | |
| 1-135-87894-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810389303321 |
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