Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0231150199 ISBN 13: 9780231150194

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

"Original and uniquełthere is almost by default no collection like it at present. The field of evolutionary literary studies is coalescing as I write, and the publication of this book will have a decisive and positive impact in this regard."-Peter Swirski, Author Of Literature, Analytically Speaking

evolution, Literature, And Film opens with Charles Darwin on the logic of natural selection, Richard Dawkins on the genetic revolution of modern evolutionary theory, Edward O. Wilson on the unity of knowledge, Steven Pinker on the transformation of psychology into an explanatory science, and David Sloan Wilson on the integration of evolutionary theory into cultural critique. Later essays include discussions of evolutionary literary theory and film theory, interpretive commentaries on works of literature and film, and analyses using empirical methods to explore literary problems. Texts under the microscope include folk- and fairy tales; Homer's Iliad; Shakespeare's plays; works by Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte, and Zora Neale Hurston; narratives in sci-fi, comics, and slash fiction; and films from Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Each essay explains the contribution of evolution to a study of the human mind, human behavior, culture, and art.

"Extremely well conceived, bringing together classics from the early days and the cutting edge of recent statistical scholarship. The essays are excellent and represent the best work being done right now in the field."-Blakey Vermeule, Stanford University

Brian Boyd is University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Auckland. The world's leading scholar of Vladimir Nabokov,

Joseph Carroll is Curators' Professor of English at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Jonathan Gottschall teaches English at Washington and Jefferson College.

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L'autore:

Brian Boyd is University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Auckland. The world's leading scholar of Vladimir Nabokov, he is also the author ofOn the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction.

Joseph Carroll is Curators' Professor of English at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. His bookEvolution and Literary Theory is a founding text of literary Darwinism, and his collection of essays,Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature, gave the field the name by which it is most commonly known.

Jonathan Gottschall teaches English at Washington and Jefferson College. He is the author ofThe Rape of Troy: Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer and Literature, Science, and a New Humanities, and the coeditor ofThe Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative.

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• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0231150199
• ISBN 13: 9780231150194
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 570
• Redattore: Boyd Brian, Carroll Joseph, Gottschall Jonathan