Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0231150199 ISBN 13: 9780231150194

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2010

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Featuring thirty-nine essential essays by pioneering scholars, scientists, and critics, Evolution, Literature, and Film opens with an introduction to the principles of evolution, with essays from 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 sections include essays on the adaptive function of the arts, discussions of evolutionary literary theory and film theory, interpretive commentaries on specific 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 William Wordsworth, 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.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0231150199
• ISBN 13: 9780231150194
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 584
• Herausgeber: Boyd Brian, Carroll Joseph, Gottschall Jonathan