Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representation
Author:   Robert Storey
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
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9780810114586


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   16 December 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representation


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In this study, the author argues that human culture derives from human biology and that literary representation therefore must have a biological basis. As he ponders the question """"What does it mean to say that art imitates life?"""" he must consider both """"What is life?"""" and """"What is art?"""". Part 1 addresses issues of human biology, psyche and language; Part 2 applies the model sketched out in Part 1 to various narratives: tragedy, comedy and the novel.

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Author:   Robert Storey
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.411kg
ISBN:  

9780810114586


ISBN 10:   0810114585
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   16 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1 The world: """"I am I because my little dog knows me"""" - of apes and essences; """"Me against my brother, me and my brother against our cousins, me, my brother and our cousins..."""" - the genetic construction of sociality; on discourse and the Darwin machine - the matter and the chatter of the mind. Part 2 The book: """"What is art for?"""" - narrative and the Ludic reader; tragedy - the ape gets serious; comedy and the relaxed open-mouth display; gilding the mirror - mimesis and philosophy in """"A fairly honourable defeat"""".

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[S]ucceeds in showing that for scholars of literature with a truly theoretical bent, study of the biological and behavioral sciences can provide a solid foundation for promising interdisciplinary literary research. --World Literature Today


[S]ucceeds in showing that for scholars of literature with a truly theoretical bent, study of the biological and behavioral sciences can provide a solid foundation for promising interdisciplinary literary research. -- World Literature Today


Author Information

ROBERT STOREY is professor of English at Temple University. His previous books are Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask and Pierrots on the Stage of Desire: Nineteenth-Century French Literary Artists and the Comic Pantomime.

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