| Edition |
Delta trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
262 pages ; 22 cm |
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Includes index. |
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"A Delta Book." |
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"Delacorte Press hardcover edition published May 2005." |
| Contents |
The human nature of stories: a quick hit of bio-lit-crit -- Othello and other angry fellows: male sexual jealousy -- The key to Jane Austen's heart: what women want, and why -- How to make Rhett give a damn: what men want and why -- Madame Bovary's ovaries: the biology of adultery -- Wisdom from The Godfather: kin selection, or The enduring importance of being family -- The Cinderella syndrome: regarding the struggles of stepchildren -- On the complaints of Portnoy, Caulfield, and others: parent-offspring conflict -- Of Musketeers and Mice and Men and Wrath and reciprocity and friendship: in Steinbeck country and elsewhere -- Epilogue: foxes, hedgehogs, science and literature. |
| Subject |
Social Darwinism in literature.
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Human ecology in literature.
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Psychology and literature.
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Literature and society.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Barash, Nanelle R.
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| ISBN |
0385338023 |
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