The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative

by Jonathan Gottschall

Book Overview

In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the New York Times Magazine to the Times Literary Supplement have heralded the arrival of a new school of literary studies that promises-or threatens-to profoundly shift the current paradigm. This revolutionary approach, known as Darwinian literary studies, is based on a few simple premises: evolution has produced a universal landscape of the human mind that can be scientifically mapped;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122871
• ISBN13: 9780810122871
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 9.0"