On the Origin of Stories by Brian Boyd
Explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. This book presents a study which embraces a Darwinian view of human nature and art, and offers a credo for a fresh humanism.
"This is an insightful, erudite, and thoroughly original workAside from illuminating the human love of fiction, it proves that consilience between the humanities and sciences can enrich both fields of knowledge." - Steven Pinker"
Brian Boyd, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, University of Auckland, is the world's foremost authority on the works of Nabokov.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674033573 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674033574 |
| Title | On the Origin of Stories |
| Author | Brian Boyd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2009-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize 2009 |
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