{"product_id":"the-literary-animal-jonathan-gottschall-9780810122871","title":"The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative","description":"In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e 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; these universal tendencies are reflected in the composition, reception, and interpretation of literary works; and an understanding of the evolutionary foundations of human behavior, psychology, and culture will enable literary scholars to gain powerful new perspectives on the elements, form, and nature of storytelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically. The volume brings together scholars from the forefront of the new field of evolutionary literary analysis-both literary analysts who have made evolution their explanatory framework and evolutionist scientists who have taken a serious interest in literature-to show how the human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a true evolutionary problem. Their work is an important step toward the long-prophesied synthesis of the humanities and what Steven Pinker calls \"the new sciences of human nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Gottschall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810122871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810122871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 4.94w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 1821","brand":"Jonathan Gottschall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070126452991,"sku":"9780810122871","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f726309e-c65c-4218-9ffe-1dfebedfeb86.jpg?v=1685428510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-literary-animal-jonathan-gottschall-9780810122871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}