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Literary Darwinism

English professor mixes humanities, sciences

Joseph Carroll, Curators’ Professor of English at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has devoted nearly 20 years to a movement he created and dubbed “literary Darwinism.” His initially controversial research...

English scholar applies evolution to arts

Joseph Carroll, Curators’ Professor of English at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, first read Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” and “The Descent of Man” about 20 years ago....

Renowned scholar to give lecture on literature, evolution

Brian Boyd, distinguished professor of English at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, will give a lecture titled "Literature and Evolution: Questions, Answers, Questions" at 3 p.m. April 19...