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Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction / / Gillian Beer [[electronic resource]]
| Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction / / Gillian Beer [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Beer Gillian |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823/.809356 |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Evolution (Biology) in literature Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Evolution in literature Nature in literature Narration (Rhetoric) |
| ISBN |
1-107-11995-2
0-511-01087-7 1-280-16216-3 0-511-11855-4 0-511-15115-2 0-511-32480-4 0-511-75510-4 0-511-05000-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot: Middlemarch -- George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455635703321 |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction / / Gillian Beer [[electronic resource]]
| Darwin's plots : evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and nineteenth-century fiction / / Gillian Beer [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Beer Gillian |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823/.809356 |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Evolution (Biology) in literature Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Evolution in literature Nature in literature Narration (Rhetoric) |
| ISBN |
1-107-11995-2
0-511-01087-7 1-280-16216-3 0-511-11855-4 0-511-15115-2 0-511-32480-4 0-511-75510-4 0-511-05000-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world -- Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order -- Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The origin -- Darwinian myths -- George Eliot: Middlemarch -- George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life -- Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative -- Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780246403321 |
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Beer Gillian
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Early evolutionary imagination : literature and human nature / / Emelie Jonsson
| The Early evolutionary imagination : literature and human nature / / Emelie Jonsson |
| Autore | Jonsson Emelie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Disciplina | 812 |
| Collana | Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution in literature
Literature, Modern - 19th century - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 3-030-82738-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Contents -- 1 Using Evolution to Explain the Evolutionary Imagination -- 1.1 The Case for Literature -- 1.2 A Current View of the Human Species -- 1.3 The Human Niche -- 1.4 Sociality and Social Organization -- 1.5 Imagination and the Arts -- 1.6 Species Identity and Literature -- References -- 2 Myth-Making in Early Evolutionary Thought -- 2.1 Negotiating Human Uniqueness -- 2.2 Myths of Order, Cooperation, and Harmony -- 2.3 Myths of Competition, Inequality, and Individualism -- 2.4 Nature as Antagonist or Protagonist -- 2.5 Making Meaning -- References -- 3 Darwinism in Literature -- 3.1 Previous Literary Scholarship -- 3.2 The Position of Evolutionary Literary Theory -- References -- 4 From Adventure to Utopia -- 4.1 Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1912) -- 4.2 Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) -- 4.3 Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Coming Race (1871) -- References -- 5 Jack London's Evolutionary Imagination -- 5.1 The Split Cosmic Vision and the Handcuff to Life -- 5.2 Martin Eden (1909) -- 5.3 The Sea-Wolf (1904) -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 H. G. Wells's Evolutionary Imagination -- 6.1 The Little Animals and the Mind of the Race -- 6.2 The Shakespeare of Science Fiction -- 6.3 The Time Machine (1895) -- 6.4 The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Joseph Conrad's Evolutionary Imagination -- 7.1 Conrad's Science -- 7.2 The Skeptical Life Strategy -- The Personal Level -- The Cultural Level -- The Universal Level -- 7.3 Heart of Darkness (1899) -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 The Unimaginable Place in Nature -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502659303321 |
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Jonsson Emelie
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Useful fictions [[electronic resource] ] : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature / / Michael Austin
| Useful fictions [[electronic resource] ] : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature / / Michael Austin |
| Autore | Austin Michael <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3 |
| Collana | Frontiers of narrative |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc
Fiction - Psychological aspects Fiction - Appreciation Evolution in literature Literature - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-05081-1
9786613050816 0-8032-3297-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Scheherazade's stories and Pangloss's nose -- Stories for thinking -- The influence of anxiety -- Information anxiety -- The problem of other people -- Sex, lies, and phenotypes -- Deceiving ourselves and others. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459998503321 |
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Austin Michael <1966->
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Useful fictions [[electronic resource] ] : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature / / Michael Austin
| Useful fictions [[electronic resource] ] : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature / / Michael Austin |
| Autore | Austin Michael <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3 |
| Collana | Frontiers of narrative |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc
Fiction - Psychological aspects Fiction - Appreciation Evolution in literature Literature - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-283-05081-1
9786613050816 0-8032-3297-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Scheherazade's stories and Pangloss's nose -- Stories for thinking -- The influence of anxiety -- Information anxiety -- The problem of other people -- Sex, lies, and phenotypes -- Deceiving ourselves and others. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785686003321 |
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Austin Michael <1966->
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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