Toward a Sociobiological Hermeneutic [electronic resource] : Darwinian Essays on Literature /
Wainwright, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures                      ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""1 Introduction: Darwinism after Darwin                                             ""; ""2 Wilde, the Science of Heredity, and The Picture of Dorian Gray                                                                       ""; ""3 Figuring the Financier in Dreiser, Dos Passos, and Faulkner                                                                    ""
""4 Game Theory in a Literary Setting                                          """"5 An Evolutionary Reengagement with Todorovâ€?s Decameron                                                              ""; ""6 Veering toward an Evolutionary Realignment of Freudâ€?s Hamlet                                                                     ""; ""7 Parasitism in Larsenâ€?s Passing                                       ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Works Cited                  ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
British literature.
America—Literatures.
European literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Sociolinguistics.
British and Irish Literature.
North American Literature.
European Literature.
Literary Theory.
Sociolinguistics.