| Description |
xii, 540 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
New Zealand author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-507) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: animal, human, art, story -- Book 1. Evolution, art, and fiction -- Part 1. Evolution and nature -- 1. Evolution and human nature? -- 2. Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds -- 3. The evolution of intelligence -- 4. The evolution of cooperation -- Part 2. Evolution and art -- 5. Art as adaptation? 6. Art as cognitive play -- 7. Art and attention -- 8. From tradition to innovation -- Part 3. Evolution and fiction -- 9. Art, narrative, fiction -- 10. Understanding and recalling events -- 11. Narrative: representing events -- 12. Fiction: inventing events -- 12. Fiction as adaptation -- Book II. From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories -- Part 4. Phylogeny: the Odyssey -- 14. Earning attention (1): natural patterns: character and plot -- 15. Earning attention (2): open-ended patterns: ironies of structure -- 16. The evolution of intelligence (1): in the here and now -- 17. The evolution of intelligence (2): beyond the here and now -- 18. The evolution of cooperation (1): expanding the circle -- 19. The evolution of cooperation (2): punishment -- Part 5. Ontogeny: Horton hears a who! 20. Problems and solutions : working at play -- 21. Levels of explanation: universal, local, and individual -- 22 Levels of explanation: individuality again -- 23. Levels of explanation: particular -- 24. Meanings -- Conclusion: retrospect and prospects: evolution, literature, criticism. |
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Introduction: animal, human, art, story -- Book 1: Evolution, art, and fiction -- Part 1: Evolution and nature -- Evolution and human nature? -- Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds -- The evolution of intelligence -- The evolution of cooperation -- Part 2: Evolution and art -- Art as adaptation? -- Art as cognitive play -- Art and attention -- From tradition to innovation -- Part 3: Evolution and fiction -- Art, narrative, fiction -- Understanding and recalling events -- Narrative: representing events -- Fiction: inventing events -- Fiction as adaptation -- Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories -- Part 4: Phylogeny: the Odyssey -- Earning attention (1): natural patterns: character and plot -- Earning attention (s): open-ended patterns: ironies of structure -- The evolution of intelligence (1): in the here and now -- The evolution of intelligence (2): beyond the here and now -- The evolution of cooperation (1): expanding the circle -- The evolution of cooperation (2): punishment -- Part 5: Ontogeny: Horton hears a who! -- Levels of explanation: universal, local, and individual -- Levels of explanation: individuality again -- Levels of explanation: particular -- Meanings -- Conclusion: retrospect and prospects: evolution, literature, criticism. |
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Authorship.
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Biological Evolution.
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Roman -- Art d'écrire.
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Roman -- Histoire et critique.
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Erzählen. (DE-588)4132307-5
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Evolutionspsychologie. (DE-588)4636472-9
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Literatur -- Evolution.
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Evolution -- Literatur.
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Homer. Odysseia.
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Geisel, Theodor S.
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Darwinismus.
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Evolution.
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Erzählen.
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Erzählen.
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Evolutionspsychologie.
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Berättarteknik.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst00923709
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Fiction -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00923713
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780674033573 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0674033574 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780674057111 |
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0674057112 |
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