Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 304 pages) |
Series |
Rethinking Theory |
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Rethinking theory.
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Contents |
Foreword from the scientific side / E.O. Wilson -- Foreword from the literary side / Frederick Crews -- Introduction : Literature -- a last frontier in human evolutionary studies / Jonathan Gotttschall and David Sloan Wilson -- Part I. Evolution and literary theory -- Literature, science, and human nature / Ian McEwan -- Evolutionary social constructivism / David Sloan Wilson -- From Lacan to Darwin / Dylan Evans -- What happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama / Daniel Nettle -- Human nature and literary meaning : a theoretical model illustrated with a critique of Pride and prejudice / Joseph Carroll -- The problem of romantic love : Shakespeare and evolutionary psychology / Marcus Nordlund -- Male bonding in the epics and romances / Robin Fox -- Part II. The evolutionary riddle of art -- Evolutionary theories of art / Brian Boyd -- Reverse-engineering narrative : evidence of special design / Michelle Scalise Sugiyama -- Part III. Darwinian theory and scientific methods -- Quantitative literary study : a modest manifesto and testing the hypotheses of feminist fairy tale studies / Jonathan Gottschall -- Proper hero dads and dark hero cads : alternate mating strategies exemplified in British romantic literature / Daniel J. Kruger, Maryanne Fisher, Ian Jobling -- Crossing the abyss : erotica and the intersection of evolutionary psychology and literary studies / Catherine Salmon -- Afterword / Denis Dutton |
Summary |
The goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
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Literature and science.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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Human beings in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature
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Human beings in literature
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Literature and science
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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17.90 literature in relation with other areas of science and culture.
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20.10 art and society: general.
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Evolutionstheorie
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Literaturtheorie
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Literature.
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Arts.
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Evolution.
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Human nature.
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Evolution theory.
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Sciences.
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Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gottschall, Jonathan.
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Wilson, David Sloan.
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ISBN |
9780810161832 |
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0810161834 |
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