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The storytelling animal : how stories make us human

Gottschall, Jonathan2012
Book
A provocative young scholar gives us the first book on the new science of storytelling: the latest thinking on why we tell stories, what stories reveal about human nature, what makes a story transporting, which plots and themes are universal, and what it means to have a storytelling brain--what are the implications for how we process information and think about the world?
Main title:
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012.
Collation:
xvii, 248 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. ;215]-230) and index.
Shelving notes:
24173 0000119188 1 22-07-2012 99 nyctro 24-07-2012 7
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Witchery of Story -- 2.The Riddle of Fiction -- 3.Hell Is Story-Friendly -- 4.Night Story -- 5.The Mind Is a Storyteller -- 6.The Moral of the Story -- 7.Ink People Change the World -- 8.Life Stories -- 9.The Future of Story.
ISBN:
9780547391403 (hbk)
Dewey class:
808.543
LC class:
GR72.3
Language:
English
BRN:
204641
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