American classics: evolutionary perspectives

This collection of essays offers evolutionary psychological analysis of selected works from the American literary tradition. Application of evolutionary theory to writing by Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, F. Scot Fitzgerald, Zora Neal Hurston, and others...

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1. Verfasser: Saunders, Judith P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Academic Studies Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Evolution, cognition, and the arts
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Zusammenfassung:This collection of essays offers evolutionary psychological analysis of selected works from the American literary tradition. Application of evolutionary theory to writing by Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, F. Scot Fitzgerald, Zora Neal Hurston, and others creates an interdisciplinary framework for examining key textual features--plot, theme, tone, setting, symbol, characterization, point of view--and at the same time provides an accessible introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Pertinent scientific research, together with essential terms and concepts, is explained in context. Connections are made throughout to existing commentary on the targeted texts, illustrating how Darwinian scrutiny can enrich, extend, or reconfigure understandings derived from other critical approaches
Beschreibung:Erscheint auch als Open Access bei De Gruyter
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 286 Seiten)
ISBN:9781618115928
9781618117670
9781618117656
1618115928
1618117653
161811767X
DOI:10.1515/9781618117670