Toward a sociobiological hermeneutic : Darwinian essays on literature /
Wainwright, Michael.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Darwinism after Darwin -- Wilde, the science of heredity, and The Picture of Dorian Gray -- Figuring the financier in Dreiser, Dos Passos, And Faulkner -- Game theory in a literary setting -- An evolutionary reengagement with Todorov's Decameron -- Veering toward an evolutionary realignment of Freud's Hamlet -- Parasitism in Larsen's passing.
Literature and science.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Social Darwinism in literature.