Reading human nature : literary Darwinism in theory and practice

Publication Data

• Title Reading human nature : literary Darwinism in theory and practice
• Author Joseph Carroll
• Publisher SUNY Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Albany, N.Y.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 :: Influence
• Literature and science
• Literature :: History and criticism :: Theory, etc.
• Evolution (Biology) in literature
• Human behavior :: Philosophy
• 015772860

Reading human nature : literary Darwinism in theory and practice by Joseph Carroll. ISBN 9781438435220. Published by SUNY Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.