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100	1		_aSaunders, Judith, _eauthor
245		0	_aAmerican Classics
246			_aEvolutionary Perspectives
264			_bAcademic Studies Press _c2018
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_aThis collection of essays offers evolutionary psychological analysis of selected works from the American literary tradition. Application of evolutionary theory to writing by Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, F. Scot Fitzgerald, Zora Neal Hurston, and others creates an interdisciplinary framework for examining key textual features-plot, theme, tone, setting, symbol, characterization, point of view-and at the same time provides an accessible introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Pertinent scientific research, together with essential terms and concepts, is explained in context. Connections are made throughout to existing commentary on the targeted texts, illustrating how Darwinian scrutiny can enrich, extend, or reconfigure understandings derived from other critical approaches.
653			_aAmerican Literature
653			_aClassic Literature
653			_aEssays
653			_aEvolution
653			_aLiterature
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