| Description |
xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Human behavior -- Philosophy.
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Literature and science.
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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| LC no. |
2010031820 |
| ISBN |
1438435223 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1438435231 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781438435220 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781438435237 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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