Mimesis and the human animal : on the biogenetic foundations of literary representation /
In Mimesis and the Human Animal, Robert Storey argues that human culture derives from human biology and that literary representation therefore must have a biological basis. As he ponders the question "What does it mean to say that art imitates life?" he must consider both "What is lif...
| Основен автор: | Storey, Robert F., 1945- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Evanston, Ill. :
Northwestern University Press,
c1996.
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| Серия: |
Rethinking theory.
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Mimesis and the human animal. |
Съдържание:
- Ch. 1. "I Am I Because My Little Knows Me": Of Apes and Essences"
- Ch. 2. "Me against My Brother, Me and My Brother against Our Cousins; Me, My Brother and Our Cousins...": The Genetic Construction of Sociality
- Ch. 3. On Discourse and the Darwin Machine: The Matter and the Chatter of Mind
- Ch. 4. "What Is Art For?": Narrative and the Ludic Reader
- Ch. 5. Tragedy: The Ape Gets Serious
- Ch. 6. Comedy and the Relaxed Open-Mouth Display
- Ch. 7. Gilding the Mirror: Mimesis and Philosophy in A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Plainspoken Postscript.