Reading Human Nature -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Adaptationist Literary Theory -- 1. An Evolutionary Paradigm for Literary Study, with Two Sequels -- 2. An Evolutionary Apologia pro Vita Mea -- 3. A Meta-Review of The Art Instinct -- 4. Three Scenarios for Literary Darwinism -- Part 2. Interpretive Practice -- 5. Aestheticism, Homoeroticism, and Christian Guilt in The Picture of Dorian Gray -- 6. The Cuckoo's History: Human Nature in Wuthering Heights -- 7. Intentional Meaning in Hamlet: An Evolutionary Perspective -- Part 3. Empirical Literary Study:An Experiment in Web-Based Research -- 8. Agonistic Structure in Victorian Novels: Doing the Math -- 9. Quantifying Agonistic Structure in The Mayor of Casterbridge -- Part 4. Evolutionary Intellectual History -- 10. The Power of Darwin's Vision -- 11. The Science Wars in a Long View: Putting the Human in Its Place -- 12. A Darwinian Revolution in the Humanities -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.