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Evolution, literature, and film : a reader

by Brian Boyd, Joseph Carroll, Jonathan Gottschall

This interdisciplinary collection analyses the relationship between evolutionary science and the humanities. It explores how biological principles and evolutionary psychology inform the study of art, film, and literature through theoretical essays and case studies.

Accession 6765 ISBN 9780231150194 Publisher Columbia University Press
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