Useful fictions :: evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature /
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed in The White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, in Useful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtual...
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Schriftenreihe: | Frontiers of narrative.
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| Zusammenfassung: | "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed in The White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, in Useful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtually every human culture reveres some form of storytelling. Might there be an evolutionary reason behind our species' need for stories? |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803232977 9780803232976 9786613050816 6613050814 |
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| spelling | Austin, Michael, 1966- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKDg7gFhyvyMCKwHqC683 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006021904 Useful fictions : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature / Michael Austin. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Frontiers of narrative Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Scheherazade's stories and Pangloss's nose -- Stories for thinking -- The influence of anxiety -- Information anxiety -- The problem of other people -- Sex, lies, and phenotypes -- Deceiving ourselves and others. "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed in The White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, in Useful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtually every human culture reveres some form of storytelling. Might there be an evolutionary reason behind our species' need for stories? English. Fiction History and criticism Theory, etc. Fiction Psychological aspects. Fiction Appreciation. Evolution in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004134 Literature Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077524 Roman Histoire et critique Théorie, etc. Roman Aspect psychologique. Roman Appréciation. Évolution dans la littérature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM General. bisacsh Evolution in literature fast Fiction Appreciation fast Fiction Psychological aspects fast Literature Philosophy fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: Useful fictions (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFCGrTmQtfhqkGP7gfcwqP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Austin, Michael, 1966- Useful fictions. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010001424 Frontiers of narrative. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001028904 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=354573 Volltext |
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