The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative - Rethinking Theory - Jonathan Gottschall - Books - Northwestern University Press - 9780810122871 - December 1, 2005
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The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative - Rethinking Theory


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The goal of this book is to overcome some of the misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically. It attempts to show how the human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a true evolutionary problem.


375 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 1, 2005
ISBN13 9780810122871
Publishers Northwestern University Press
Pages 375
Dimensions 228 × 155 × 18 mm   ·   444 g
Editor Gottschall, Jonathan
Editor Wilson, David Sloan

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