Literary Darwinism [[electronic resource] ] : Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature |
Autore | Carroll Joseph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina |
823.80936
823/.80936 |
Soggetto topico |
Darwin, Charles
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction Evolution (Biology) in literature Human beings in literature Nature in literature Social Darwinism in literature Theory, etc |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-135-87894-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463160703321 |
Carroll Joseph
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Literary Darwinism [[electronic resource] ] : Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature |
Autore | Carroll Joseph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina |
823.80936
823/.80936 |
Soggetto topico |
Darwin, Charles
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction Evolution (Biology) in literature Human beings in literature Nature in literature Social Darwinism in literature Theory, etc |
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 | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787781003321 |
Carroll Joseph
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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