Graphing Jane Austen [electronic resource] : The Evolutionary Basis of Literary Meaning /
Carroll, J.author.
Gottschall, J.author.
Johnson, John A.author.
Kruger, Daniel J.author.
This book helps to bridge the gap between science and literary scholarship. Building on findings in the evolutionary human sciences, the authors construct a model of human nature in order to illuminate the evolved psychology that shapes the organization of characters in nineteenth-century British novels, from Jane Austen to E. M. Forster.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Methods and results. A user's manual; Agonistic structure differentiated by sex -- Implications. Determinate meanings; Sexual politics; Adaptive function -- Case studies. Jane Austen, by the numbers; Indifferent tragedy in The mayor of Casterbridge -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendices. A link to the questionnaire; Characters for whom protocols were completed;  The distribution of characters in sets; Notes on statistical procedures; Results of factor analysis for emotional responses, motives, and mate selection; Statistically significant results.
This book helps to bridge the gap between science and literary scholarship. Building on findings in the evolutionary human sciences, the authors construct a model of human nature in order to illuminate the evolved psychology that shapes the organization of characters in nineteenth-century British novels, from Jane Austen to E. M. Forster.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Literature—History and criticism.
Cognitive psychology.
Literature—Philosophy.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literary History.
Cognitive Psychology.
Literary Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.