@inbook{f05c52746ef1406fbe697a3a76962c9a,
title = "Death in Literature",
keywords = "Literary Darwinism, Literature, Death, Meaning in life, Meaning in literature, Emotions in literature, Evolutionary psychology, Human life history, Perspective taking, Terror management theory",
author = "Joseph Carroll",
note = "Joseph Carroll Part of the Evolutionary Psychology book series (EVOLPSYCH) This chapter constructs a framework for understanding depictions of death in literature and illustrates this framework with critical commentary on three short stories. The framework makes use of ideas from evolutionary psychology, human life history theory, terror management theory, the psychology of meaning, the psychology of fiction, and evolutionary literary theory.",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-25466-7_7",
language = "American English",
booktitle = "Evolutionary Perspectives on Death",
}