Literary Darwinism

By Joseph Carroll

Subjects: Littérature et sciences, Adaptation (Biologie), Social darwinism, English, European, Sociaal darwinisme, Social Darwinism in literature, Darwinisme social dans la littérature, Literature, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Nonfiction, English fiction, English Literature, Letterkunde, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Human beings in literature, Littérature, Nature in literature, Literary Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Biological Adaptation, Evolutietheorie, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, Théorie, Evolution (Biology) in literature, History and criticism, Êtres humains dans la littérature, Darwin, charles, 1809-1882, Histoire et critique, Languages & Literatures, Engels, Literatuurkritiek, Adaptation (Biology), Nature dans la littérature, Literature, history and criticism, Roman anglais, Influence, Theory, Literature and science

Description: 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.