Literary Darwinistic Ladies

A couple of new Brontë-related books:

1. The Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life:
Inspiration and Advice from Celebrated Women Authors Who Paved the Way
Nava Atlas

Pages: 192 pagesSellers Publishing
ISBN13: 978-1-4162-0632-3

Nava Atlas is a popular author who has more than 500,000 copies of her books in print. In this beautifully designed and illustrated book, Nava explores what it is like to live the writing life through the journals, letters, and diaries of twelve celebrated women writers, including such renowned authors as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Madeleine Lengle, Anais Nin, George Sand, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf. Navas own insightful commentary lifts the curtain on these womens lives and provides reassuring tips and advice on such subjects as dealing with rejection, money matters, and balancing family with the solitary writing process that will resonate with women writers in todays world. With 100+ vintage photos, illustrations, and ephemera, this book is a splendid gift book for writers. 

One of  'the classic women writers of the past' is Charlotte Brontë.

2. Reading Human Nature
Literary Darwinism in Theory and Practice
Joseph Carroll
Release Date: March 2011
ISBN13: 978-1-4384-3523-7
SUNY Press

Showcases the latest developments in literary Darwinism, a powerful approach that integrates evolutionary social science with literary humanism.
As the founder and leading practitioner of “literary Darwinism,” Joseph Carroll remains at the forefront of a major movement in literary studies. Signaling key new developments in this approach, Reading Human Nature contains trenchant theoretical essays, innovative empirical research, sweeping surveys of intellectual history, and sophisticated interpretations of specific literary works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Hamlet. Carroll makes a compelling case that literary Darwinism is not just another “school” or movement in literary theory. It is the moving force in a fundamental paradigm change in the humanities—a revolution. Evolutionary psychologists and anthropologists have provided massive evidence that motives and emotions are rooted in biology, but they have given far too little attention to the products of the imagination. By integrating evolutionary social science with literary humanism, Carroll offers a more complete and adequate understanding of human nature.

Contains the essay: The Cuckoo's History: Human Nature in Wuthering Heights.

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