Useful Fictions by Michael Austin
An exploration of why humans are drawn to fictional stories through the application of evolution theory and cognitive science-
Story Logic
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Narrative Across Media
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Storyworlds Across Media
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Handbook of Narrative Analysis
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Narrative Slowness As Effect
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The Imagined Moment
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Writing at the Limit
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Refiguring Minds in Narrative Media
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Storying Domestic Violence
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Narrative Complexity
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Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture
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Contemporary Comics Storytelling
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Imagining Kashmir
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The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place
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Talk Fiction
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Swallowing a World
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Spaces of the Mind
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Opening Acts
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Stories and Minds
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The Cruft of Fiction
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Unnatural Narrative
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Strange Narrators in Contemporary Fiction
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Narrative Beginnings
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Coincidence and Counterfactuality
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Ethos and Narrative Interpretation
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Affective Narratology
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Fictional Dialogue
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Fictional Minds
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The Emergence of Mind
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The Storyworld Accord
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New Narratives
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Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology
"Rich in relevant allusions to scientific research and literary art, Austin's book demonstrates that the evolutionary utility of fiction, more than its truth or beauty, supports the universal attraction of humans to literature"—C.J. Bell, Choice
Michael Austin is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. He is the author of Reading the World: Ideas that Matter and the editor of A Voice in the Wilderness: Conversations with Terry Tempest Williams.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803230262 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803230265 |
| Title | Useful Fictions |
| Author | Michael Austin |
| Series | Frontiers Of Narrative |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2011-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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