Mimesis and the human animal : on the biogenetic foundations of literary representation / Robert Storey.
Storey, Robert F., 1945-
1996
PN56.M536 S76 1996 (Mapit)
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Title Mimesis and the human animal : on the biogenetic foundations of literary representation / Robert Storey.
Author Storey, Robert F., 1945-
ISBN 9780810114579 (alk. paper)
0810114577 (alk. paper)
9780810114586 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0810114585 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c1996.
Language English
Description xxii, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PN56.M536 S76 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 801
Summary 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 life?" and "What is art?" Part 1 addresses issues of human biology, psyche, and language; Part 2 applies the model sketched out in Part 1 to various narratives: tragedy, comedy, and the novel. A unique approach to the subject of mimesis, Storey's book goes beyond the politicizing of literature grounded in literary theory to develop a scientific basis for the creation of literature and art.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.
Series Rethinking theory
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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.

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