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Useful fictions : evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Austin, Michael, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]
Series:Frontiers of narrative.
Subjects:
Literature > Philosophy.
Evolution in literature.
Fiction > Appreciation.
Fiction > Psychological aspects.
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.