Author: Storey, Robert Title: Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representations
Description: Evanston [Illinois], Northwestern University Pres, (1996). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xxii,274 pp. Minor rubbing. Label to rear cover. VG. ¶ Contents: The World: " I Am I Because My Little Dog Knows Me": Of Apes & Essences; "Me Against My Brother, Me and My Brother Against Our Cousins; Me, My Brother and Our Cousins...": The Genetic Construction of Society; On Discourse & the Darwin Machine: The Matter & the Chatter of the Mind; The Book: "What Is Art For?": Narrative & the Ludic Reader; Tragedy: The Ape Gets Serious; Comedy & the Related Open-Mouth Display; Gilding the Mirror: Mimesis & Philosophy in 'A Fairly Honourable Defeat'; Plainspoken Postscript.
Keywords: Literary Criticism, Literature, Mimesis, Critical Theory, Philosophy, , , ,
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS010884I