| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Evolution, cognition, and the arts
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Story of a Successful Social Animal -- 2. Nepotism in Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" -- 3. Biophilia in Thoreau's Walden -- 4. Bateman's Principle in "Song of Myself": Whitman Celebrates Male Ardency -- 5. Maladaptive Behavior and Auctorial Design: Huck Finn's Pap -- 6. Hell's Fury: Female Mate-Retention Strategies in Wharton's "Pomegranate Seed" and Ethan Frome -- 7. Male Reproductive Strategies in Sherwood Anderson's "The Untold Lie" -- 8. The Great Gatsby: An Unusual Case of Mate Poaching -- 9. Female Sexual Strategies in the Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay -- 10. Philosophy and Fitness: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and The Sun Also Rises -- 11. Paternal Confidence in Zora Neale Hurston's "The Gilded Six-Bits" -- 12. The Role of the Arts in Male Courtship Display: Billy Collins's "Serenade" -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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Evolution (Biology) in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saunders, Judith P., author. American classics Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2018 9781618117656 (DLC) 2018023155 |
| ISBN |
9781618117670 (electronic bk.) |
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161811767X (electronic bk.) |
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9781618115928 (electronic bk.) |
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1618115928 (electronic bk.) |
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9781618117656 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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