It was Darwin above all who sent the literati scrambling for their spiritual values along with the parsons. The world he portrayed no longer seemed to be going anywhere. There were some marvellous ch.aracters, but distressingly little plot.
Those who traded on the assumption that reality itself is story-shaped: that there is a design of sorts immanent in the world, a tale of gradual human enlightenment which can serve as a template
were put to flight....or should have been,by Darwin's evolutionary science which seemed to offer struggle, disruption, waste and chance in their place.
Do we get Homer cheek by jowl with allusions to dung beetles, the neocortex and cases of sexual harassment among pigeons in literature?
Is there a universally identifiable activity known as art or is this a ceremoniously draped, woeful platitude?
But how do we account for the persistence of an activity(art) so complex, so costly in time and resources and of so little apparent benefit to the competitive struggle for existence
But literature goes on apace, well, you've got to have fun...have a laugh.
Those who traded on the assumption that reality itself is story-shaped: that there is a design of sorts immanent in the world, a tale of gradual human enlightenment which can serve as a template
were put to flight....or should have been,by Darwin's evolutionary science which seemed to offer struggle, disruption, waste and chance in their place.
Do we get Homer cheek by jowl with allusions to dung beetles, the neocortex and cases of sexual harassment among pigeons in literature?
Is there a universally identifiable activity known as art or is this a ceremoniously draped, woeful platitude?
But how do we account for the persistence of an activity(art) so complex, so costly in time and resources and of so little apparent benefit to the competitive struggle for existence
But literature goes on apace, well, you've got to have fun...have a laugh.
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