Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance: The Evolutionary Basis of Literary Meaning

Carroll, J.; Gottschall, J.; Johnson, John A.; Kruger, Daniel J.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-04-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137002402

DOI: 10.1057/9781137002419

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 305