Judith P. Saunders

American Classics (eBook, PDF)

Evolutionary Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

The inaugural book in ASP's new Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts series, this collection of essays examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Using an interdisciplinary framework to pose new questions about long admired, much discussed texts, the collection as a whole provides an introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Individual essays feature a variety of figures-Benjamin Franklin to Billy Collins-targeting fitness-related issues ranging from sexual strategies and parental investment to cheating and deception. Attention is paid to the physical and social environments in which fictional characters are placed, including the influence of cultural-historical conditions on resource acquisition, status-building, competition, and reciprocity. Discussion throughout the volume makes connections to existing secondary comment, suggesting how Darwinian scrutiny can generate unexpected insights into long familiar works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knowledge Unlatched
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618115928
• Artikelnr.: 54260453

Autorenporträt

Judith P. Saunders is Professor of English at Marist College in New York State. She is the author of The Poetry of Charles Tomlinson: Border Lines and  Reading Edith Wharton through a Darwinian Lens: Evolutionary Biological Issues in Her Fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Story of a Successful Social Animal 2. Nepotism in Hawthorne
s
My Kinsman, Major Molineux
3. Biophilia in Thoreaüs Walden 4. Bateman
s Principle in
Song of Myself
: Whitman Celebrates Male Ardency 5. Maladaptive Behavior and Auctorial Design: Huck Finn
s Pap 6. Hell
s Fury: Female Mate-Retention Strategies in Wharton
s
Pomegranate Seed and Ethan Frome 7. Male Reproductive Strategies in Sherwood Anderson
s
The Untold Lie
8. The Great Gatsby: An Unusual Case of Mate-Poaching 9. Female Sexual Strategies in the Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay 10. Philosophy and Fitness: Hemingway
s
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
and  The Sun Also Rises 11. Paternal Confidence in Zora Neale Hurston
s
The Gilded Six-Bits
12. The Role of the Arts in Male Courtship Display: Billy Collins
s
Serenade
Glossary Bibliography Index