Joseph Carroll (1) (1949–)
Author of Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature
For other authors named Joseph Carroll, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Joseph Carroll is Curators' Professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and coeditor (with Alice Andrews) of the journal The Evolutionary Review, also published by SUNY Press. His books include Evolution and Literary Theory and Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and show more Literature. He has produced an edition of On the Origin of Species. He is coeditor (with Brian Boyd and Jonathan Gottschall) of Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader. show less
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- Birthdate
- 1949
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley (B. A.|English|June 1974)
University of California, Berkeley (M. A.|Comparative Literature|June 1976)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph. D.|Comparative Literature|June 1981) - Occupations
- instructor (University of California, Berkeley|Comparative Literature|9/77-6/81)
assistant professor (University of Denver|English|9/81-6/85 )
assistant professor (University of Missouri-St. Louis|English|9/85-6/87)
associate professor (University of Missouri-St. Louis|English|7/87-6/91)
professor (University of Missouri-St. Louis|English|7/91-9/08 )
Curator's Professor (University of Missouri-St. Louis|English|9/08- ) (show all 9)
conference organizer (Consilience, University of Missouri, St. Louis, April 26-28, 2012)
conference Speaker
writer - Organizations
- University of Missouri–St. Louis
University of California, Berkeley - Relationships
- Camplin, Troy Earl (worked with)
Turner, Frederick (worked with) - Short biography
- Joseph Carroll is Professor of English at the University of Missouri--St. Louis. He has spearheaded the movement to integrate literary study with Darwinian psychology. [from Literary Darwinism (2004)]
- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Carroll's prose is boring and soporific. He oftentimes contradicts himself. In his writing, if one reads closely, he demonstrates his sexism and homophobia. The structure of the book doesn't flow and he often doesn't stick to his argument. This book might as well be called Compendium of Literary Theory, and leave out the word "Evolution" completely.
If not for his reconditeness, this book would have been worthless.
If not for his reconditeness, this book would have been worthless.
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- Members
- 96
- Popularity
- #196,088
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 27