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Author:
Carroll, Joseph, 1949-
Title:
Reading human nature : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / Joseph Carroll.
Publisher:
State University of New York Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xvi, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Literature and science.
Literature--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882--Influence.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Human behavior--Philosophy.
Evolutionary psychology.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
1438435223 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781438435220 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1438435231 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438435237 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)654083602
LCCN:
2010031820
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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