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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Austin, Michael, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.
Series:Frontiers of narrative.
Subjects:
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Fiction > Psychological aspects.
Fiction > Appreciation.
Evolution in literature.
Literature > Philosophy.
Roman > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Roman > Aspect psychologique.
Roman > Appréciation.
Évolution dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Evolution in literature
Fiction > Appreciation
Fiction > Psychological aspects
Literature > Philosophy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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