Saul, Nicholas (Editor)
James, Simon J. (Editor)
Rodopi
Physical Details: 346 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Daniel Dennett famously claimed for Darwinian theory the status of universal solvent: the totalising theory of theories, even of theories of literature. Yet only a few writers and critics have followed his view. This volume asks why. It examines both evolution in literature, and the evolution of literature. It looks at literary representations of Darwinism both historically and synchronically, at how a theory of literature might be derived from evolutionary theory, and indeed how evolution as a process might be regarded as itself aesthetic. It complements these theoretical and historical dimensions of enquiry with the comparative dimension. It asks in short: What have been the representations of Darwinian evolutionary theory in literature since the late nineteenth century? What are the leading paradigms in theory and in literature for renovating the evolutionary model? What were, and are, the differences in British, French, German paradigms of literary Darwinian reception? How, if at all, did Darwinian modes of thought hybridise across national borders? Last, but not least: What is the future of the Darwinian mode?
...MoreDescription Partial Contents.
Review Bont, Raf de (2013) Review of "The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures". German Studies Review (p. 193).
Chapter Waugh, Patricia (2011) Mind in Modern Fiction: Literary and Philosophical Perspectives after Darwin. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 125).
Chapter Wheeler, Wendy (2011) The Book of Nature: Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Literature. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 171).
Chapter Lloyd, Christopher (2011) Men, Monkeys, Monsters and Evolution in Fiction from the Fin-de-siěce to the Present. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 185).
Chapter Saul, Nicholas (2011) “Once in Human Nature, a Thing Cannot be Driven Out”: Evolutionary Aesthetics in Wilhelm Jensen's The Legacy of Blood (1869). An Early Response to Darwin. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 239).
Chapter Knight, David (2011) The Law of Higgledy-pigglety: Charles Darwin's Inheritance, his Legacy and the Moral Order of Nature. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 19).
Chapter Weindling, Paul (2011) “Our Racial Friends'”: Disease, Poverty and Social Darwinism, 1860--1940. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 35).
Chapter Amigoni, David (2011) Charles Darwin's Centenary and the Politics and Poetics of Parenting: Inheritance, Variation, and the Aesthetic Legacy of Samuel Butler. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 73).
Chapter Brown, Alistair (2011) E-Volutionary Fictions: The Darwin Algorithm in Literature and Computer Games. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 141).
Chapter Morrey, Douglas (2011) Houellebecq, Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 227).
Chapter Midgley, David (2011) “Creative Evolution”: Bergson's Critique of Science and its Reception in the German-Speaking World. In: The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures (p. 283).
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