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In a fresh approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a zoom lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski puts new life into literary theory while fashioning a set of practical recommendations for critics in the interpretive trenches. Dismissing critical inquirers who refuse intention its key role in the study of literary reception, Swirski expands the security of intentionality to artwork and to real human behavior generally. Along the way, Swirski can take stock of the recent work in evolutionary theory, arguing that the examination of narrative real truth may be grounded in the neo-Darwinian paradigm which sorts the empirical backbone behind his analytic procedure. Literature, Analytically Speaking offers a series of precepts designed to capture the ways that we do interpret (and ought to interpret) works of literature. Reflecting a resounding change from the poststructuralist paradigm, Swirski's energetic and colorful display, backed up by a dazzling variety of examples and case studies, reconceptualizes the aesthetics of literature and literary studies.
