Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature
In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and reviews give commentary on all the major contributors to the field, situate the field as a whole in relation to historical trends and contemporary schools, provide Darwinist readings of major literary texts such as Pride and Prejudice and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and analyze literary Darwinism in...
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In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and reviews give commentary on all the major contributors to the field, situate the field as a whole in relation to historical trends and contemporary schools, provide Darwinist readings of major literary texts such as Pride and Prejudice and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and analyze literary Darwinism in relation to the affiliated fields of evolutionary metaphysics, cognitive rhetoric, and ecocriticism. Collecting the essays in a single volume will provide a central point of reference for scholars interested in consulting what the "foremost practitioner" (New York Times) of Darwinian literary criticism has to say about his field.
IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPt. 1Mapping the Disciplinary Landscape1The Use of Arnold in a Darwinian World32Biology and Poststructuralism153"Theory," Anti-Theory, and Empirical Criticism294Out of Eden and to the Left: A Review of John Ellis's Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities415Literary Study and Evolutionary Theory: A Review of Books by Alexander Argyros, Walter Koch, Karl Kroeber, Robert Storey, Frederick Turner, and Mark Turner456Pinker, Dickens, and the Functions of Literature637Wilson's Consilience and Literary Study698Ecocriticism, Cognitive Ethology, and the Environments of Victorian Fiction85Pt. 2Adaptationist Literary Studies: Theory and Practical Criticism1The Deep Structure of Literary Representations1032Universals in Literary Study1173Human Universals and Literary Meaning: A Sociobiological Critique of Pride and Prejudice, Villette, O Pioneers!, Anna of the Five Towns, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles1294Organism, Environment, and Literature1475Adaptationist Criteria of Literary Value: Assessing Kurten's Dance of the Tiger, Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear, and Golding's The Inheritors1636Human Nature and Literary Meaning: A Theoretical Model Illustrated with a Critique of Pride and Prejudice187Pt. 3Darwin and Darwinism1The Origin of Charles Darwin: A Review of Three Darwin Biographies2192Modern Darwinism and the Pseudo-Revolutions of Stephen Jay Gould227References247Index265
