دانلود کتاب The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (Rethinking Theory)

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Contents......Page 6
Foreword from the Scientific Side......Page 8
Foreword from the Literary Side......Page 14
Introduction: Literature - a Last Frontier in Human Evolutionary Studies......Page 18
PART I Evolution and Literary Theory......Page 30
Literature, Science, and Human Nature......Page 32
Evolutionary Social Constructivism......Page 47
From Lacan to Darwin......Page 65
What Happens in Hamlet? Exploring the Psychological Foundations of Drama ......Page 83
Human Nature and Literary Meaning: A Theoretical Model Illustrated with a Critique of Pride and Prejudice ......Page 103
The Problem of Romantic Love: Shakespeare and Evolutionary Psychology......Page 134
Male Bonding in the Epics and Romances......Page 153
PART II The Evolutionary Riddle of Art......Page 172
Evolutionary Theories of Art......Page 174
Reverse-Engineering Narrative: Evidence of Special Design......Page 204
PART III Darwinian Theory and Scientific Methods......Page 224
Quantitative Literary Study: A Modest Manifesto and Testing the Hypotheses of Feminist Fairy Tale Studies......Page 226
Proper Hero Dads and Dark Hero Cads: Alternate Mating Strategies Exemplified in British Romantic Literature......Page 252
Crossing the Abyss: Erotica and the Intersection of Evolutionary Psychology and Literary Studies......Page 271
Afterword......Page 286
Works Cited......Page 292
Contributors......Page 328