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American Classics

Autor Judith P Saunders
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 iul 2018
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. The discussion throughout the volume makes connections to existing secondary comments, suggesting how Darwinian scrutiny can generate unexpected insight into long familiar works.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781618117663
ISBN-10: 1618117661
Pagini: 302
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Academic Studies Press

Cuprins

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 Thoreau's 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


Descriere

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.