American Classics : Evolutionary Perspectives / / Judith P. Saunders |
Autore | Saunders Judith P. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9 |
Collana | Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Evolution (Biology) in literature LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
ISBN | 1-61811-767-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Story of a Successful Social Animal -- 2. Nepotism in Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" -- 3. Biophilia in Thoreau's Walden -- 4. Bateman's Principle in "Song of Myself": Whitman Celebrates Male Ardency -- 5. Maladaptive Behavior and Auctorial Design: Huck Finn's Pap -- 6. Hell's Fury: Female Mate-Retention Strategies in Wharton's "Pomegranate Seed" and Ethan Frome -- 7. Male Reproductive Strategies in Sherwood Anderson's "The Untold Lie" -- 8. The Great Gatsby: An Unusual Case of Mate Poaching -- 9. Female Sexual Strategies in the Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay -- 10. Philosophy and Fitness: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and The Sun Also Rises -- 11. Paternal Confidence in Zora Neale Hurston's "The Gilded Six-Bits" -- 12. The Role of the Arts in Male Courtship Display: Billy Collins's "Serenade" -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996328034703316 |
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American classics : evolutionary perspectives / / Judith P. Saunders |
Autore | Saunders Judith P. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Academic Studies Press, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
Disciplina | 576.82092 |
Collana | Evolution, cognition, and the arts |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - History and criticism
Evolution (Biology) in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
Literature
Classic Literature Evolution American Literature Essays Evolutionary Theory Literary Tradition Darwinian literary critical methodology Henry David Thoreau |
ISBN | 1-61811-592-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910282226103321 |
Saunders Judith P.
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