|aThe literary animal :|bevolution and the nature of narrative /|cedited by Jonathan Gottschall and David Sloan Wilson ; forewords by E. O. Wilson and Frederick Crews.
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|aEvanston, Ill. :|bNorthwestern University Press,|cc2005.
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|gForeword from the scientific side /|rE.O. Wilson --|gForeword from the literary side /|rFrederick Crews --|gIntroduction :|tLiterature -- a last frontier in human evolutionary studies /|rJonathan Gotttschall and David Sloan Wilson --|gPart I. Evolution and literary theory --|tLiterature, science, and human nature /|rIan McEwan --|tEvolutionary social constructivism /|rDavid Sloan Wilson --|tFrom Lacan to Darwin /|rDylan Evans --|tWhat happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama /|rDaniel Nettle --|tHuman nature and literary meaning : a theoretical model illustrated with a critique of Pride and prejudice /|rJoseph Carroll --|tThe problem of romantic love : Shakespeare and evolutionary psychology /|rMarcus Nordlund --|tMale bonding in the epics and romances /|rRobin Fox --|gPart II. The evolutionary riddle of art --|tEvolutionary theories of art /|rBrian Boyd --|tReverse-engineering narrative : evidence of special design /|rMichelle Scalise Sugiyama --|gPart III. Darwinian theory and scientific methods --|tQuantitative literary study : a modest manifesto and testing the hypotheses of feminist fairy tale studies /|rJonathan Gottschall --|tProper hero dads and dark hero cads : alternate mating strategies exemplified in British romantic literature /|rDaniel J. Kruger, Maryanne Fisher, Ian Jobling --|tCrossing the abyss : erotica and the intersection of evolutionary psychology and literary studies /|rCatherine Salmon --|gAfterword /|rDenis Dutton.