02668nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10402503 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090227s2009 maua sb 001 0 eng 2009007642 GBA936346 bnb 015109098 Uk 9780674033573 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674033574 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)648759744 PN3451 .B68 2009eb 809.3 22 801.92 22 Boyd, Brian, 1952- On the origin of stories [electronic resource] : evolution, cognition, and fiction / Brian Boyd. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. xii, 540 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-507) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Fiction History and criticism Theory, etc. Fiction Authorship. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10402503 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 93064 93064