Graphing Jane Austen

The Evolutionary Basis of Literary Meaning
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-43377-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 305 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carroll, J.

Kruger, Daniel J.

Gottschall, J.

Johnson, John A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: METHODS AND RESULTS A User's Manual Agonistic Structure Differentiated by Sex PART II: IMPLICATIONS Determinate Meanings Sexual Politics Adaptive Function PART III: CASE STUDIES Jane Austen, by the Numbers Indifferent Tragedy in The Mayor of Casterbridge

Über Autor(innen)

Author John A. Johnson: John A. Johnson is professor of psychology at the Pennsylvania State University, DuBois.
Author Daniel J. Kruger: Daniel J. Kruger is an assistant research professor at the University of Michigan.