02689nam 2200673Ia 450 991078568600332120230725030743.01-283-05081-197866130508160-8032-3297-7(CKB)2670000000069663(EBL)635522(OCoLC)712996525(SSID)ssj0000488188(PQKBManifestationID)11344418(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488188(PQKBWorkID)10446120(PQKB)10407819(MiAaPQ)EBC635522(MdBmJHUP)muse3693(Au-PeEL)EBL635522(CaPaEBR)ebr10438082(CaONFJC)MIL305081(EXLCZ)99267000000006966320100115d2010 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrUseful fictions[electronic resource] evolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature /Michael AustinLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20101 online resource (193 p.)Frontiers of narrativeDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-3026-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?Frontiers of narrative.FictionHistory and criticismTheory, etcFictionPsychological aspectsFictionAppreciationEvolution in literatureLiteraturePhilosophyFictionHistory and criticismTheory, etc.FictionPsychological aspects.FictionAppreciation.Evolution in literature.LiteraturePhilosophy.809.3Austin Michael1966-878953MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785686003321Useful fictions3846202UNINA