The contracts of fiction : cognition, culture, community /

This title considers the advantages of describing fictions as governed by a set of social contracts. It combines current cognitive research with attention to the historical context of works of imagination to argue against the claim that fictions corrupt clear thinking and provide, at best, inert ple...

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Main Author:	Spolsky, Ellen, 1943- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Fiction > History and criticism. Cognition in literature. Roman > Histoire et critique. Cognition dans la littérature. Semiotics & Theory. LITERARY CRITICISM. Aesthetics. PHILOSOPHY. Cognition in literature Fiction Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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