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Literary Darwinism : evolution, human nature, and literature / / Joseph Carroll
| Literary Darwinism : evolution, human nature, and literature / / Joseph Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll Joseph <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| 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 |
| 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-9910810389303321 |
Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| New York, : Routledge, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll
| Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll Joseph <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3524-X
1-4416-8886-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461522403321 |
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Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll
| Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll Joseph <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| 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 |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3524-X
1-4416-8886-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790063303321 |
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Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll
| Reading human nature [[electronic resource] ] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / / Joseph Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll Joseph <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| 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 |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3524-X
1-4416-8886-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827183903321 |
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Carroll Joseph <1949->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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