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Darwin and Literature (Hardcover)
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Darwin and Literature (Hardcover)
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Although their vocabularies differ, biologists, biblical authors,
and serious playwrights describe the paradox that Charles Darwin
outlined in The Origin of Species (1859) when he observed the
coexistence of a drive for permanence and a contrasting capacity to
modify, deviate from, or transform established identities. The
paradox generates evolutionary consequences reported by notable
dramatic and biblical works. The Hebrew Torah, the Books of
Ecclesiastes, Job, and Matthew, and plays by Shakespeare, O'Neill,
and Beckett embody a convergence of constancy and change. Their
principle literary mechanisms-their challenge-response narrative
design, rhetorical repetitions, and metaphorical
associations-translate a biological contradiction into a moral
dilemma that leads to recurring Darwinian outcomes. An evolutionary
process becomes the template for the progressions and problems of
belief systems transmitted by masterpieces of Western literature.
Surprisingly, most biblical writing celebrates an outcome entirely
consonant with the narratives of evolution.This study does not
focus either on popular superheroes whose perfected integrity never
engages in moral revision, or on monstrous mutants who have
dissolved integrity. It deals primarily with characters and their
communities in biblical and tragic texts who toil mightily, usually
with limited success, to integrate the certainty of inherited dogma
with the originality of useful change. The supreme necessity to
implement a balanced cultural adaptation will serve as our subject,
and The Origin of Species, though it is silent on literary accounts
of that endeavor, will serve as our guide. Darwin's insight can
expand our understanding of literature, and literary analysis will
support Darwin's insight.
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