Toward a Sociobiological Hermeneutic: Darwinian Essays on Literature

Author:   M. Wainwright
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
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9781349351749


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 May 2012
Format:   Paperback
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This book draws on post-Darwinian advances in scientific disciplines to reanalyze canonical works of literature. This wide-ranging analysis includes studies of the works of Oscar Wilde, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Giovanni Boccaccio, Theodore Dreiser, John Roderigo Dos Passos, and William Faulkner.

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Author:   M. Wainwright
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9781349351749


ISBN 10:   1349351741
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Oscar Wilde, the Science of Heredity, and The Picture of Dorian Gray  Figuring the Financier in Dreiser, Dos Passos, and Faulkner Toward an Evolutionary Hamlet  The Biosocial Anthropology of Passing Game Theory in a Faulknerian Setting An Evolutionary Reengagement with Todorov's Decameron 

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'Welcome to a very new and very different interpretive world. Brilliant.' - John Schad, professor of Modern Literature, University of Lancaster 'Crammed with historical and philosophical analysis, this highly original book provides a wonderful education in Darwinism and related fields (such as game theory), an education that is for everyone, whether one is inside or outside academia.' - Timothy Morton, professor of English, University of California Davis


'Welcome to a very new and very different interpretive world. Brilliant.' - John Schad, professor of Modern Literature, University of Lancaster 'Crammed with historical and philosophical analysis, this highly original book provides a wonderful education in Darwinism and related fields (such as game theory), an education that is for everyone, whether one is inside or outside academia.' - Timothy Morton, professor of English, University of California Davis


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MICHAEL WAINWRIGHTVisiting Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK.

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