Featuring thirty-nine essential essays by pioneering scholars,
scientists, and critics, "Evolution, Literature, and Film" opens
with an introduction to the principles of evolution, with essays
from Charles Darwin on the logic of natural selection, Richard
Dawkins on the genetic revolution of modern evolutionary theory,
Edward O. Wilson on the unity of knowledge, Steven Pinker on the
transformation of psychology into an explanatory science, and David
Sloan Wilson on the integration of evolutionary theory into
cultural critique. Later sections include essays on the adaptive
function of the arts, discussions of evolutionary literary theory
and film theory, interpretive commentaries on specific works of
literature and film, and analyses using empirical methods to
explore literary problems. Texts under the microscope include folk-
and fairy tales; Homer's "Iliad"; Shakespeare's plays; works by
William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, Emily Bront?, and Zora Neale
Hurston; narratives in sci-fi, comics, and slash fiction; and films
from Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Each essay explains the
contribution of evolution to a study of the human mind, human
behavior, culture, and art.
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