Van Oort, Richard.

The end of literature : essays in anthropological aesthetics / Richard van Oort. - Aurora, Colo. : The Davies Group, Publishers, c2009. - xvi, 231 p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

Introduction -- Part I. The science of human origin: Cognitive science and the problem of representation; Imitation and human ontogeny: Michael Tomasello and the scene of joint attention -- Part II: The end of literature: The critic as ethnographer; The culture of criticism -- Part III. Two originary analyses: Shakespeare and the idea of the modern; A race of devils: Frankenstein, romanticism, and the tragedy of human origin.

9781934542057 (alk. paper)

English literature Literature Literature and anthropology Literature and science Anthropology Literature Anthropology in literature Science in literature

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