LEADER 00000cam a2200709Ma 4500 001 ocn712996525 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041607.6 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 100115s2010 nbua ob s001 0 eng d 019 696718665|a781326623|a816830801 020 0803232977|q(electronic book) 020 9780803232976|q(electronic book) 020 1283050811 020 9781283050814 020 |z9780803230262|q(cloth ;|qalkaline paper) 020 |z0803230265|q(cloth ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)712996525|z(OCoLC)696718665|z(OCoLC)781326623 |z(OCoLC)816830801 040 SNK|beng|epn|cSNK|dCDX|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dCUS|dE7B|dMHW |dN$T|dOCLCQ|dP@U|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dAU@|dIDEBK|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO 049 RIDW 050 4 PN3352.P7|bA87 2010eb 072 7 BIO|x007000|2bisacsh 072 7 CSB|2bicssc 082 04 809.3|222 090 PN3352.P7|bA87 2010eb 100 1 Austin, Michael,|d1966-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2006021904 245 10 Useful fictions :|bevolution, anxiety, and the origins of literature /|cMichael Austin. 264 1 Lincoln :|bUniversity of Nebraska Press,|c[2010] 264 4 |c©2010 300 1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Frontiers of narrative 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Scheherazade's stories and Pangloss's nose -- Stories for thinking -- The influence of anxiety -- Information anxiety -- The problem of other people -- Sex, lies, and phenotypes -- Deceiving ourselves and others. 520 "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed in The White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, in Useful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtually every human culture reveres some form of storytelling. Might there be an evolutionary reason behind our species' need for stories? 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Fiction|xHistory and criticism|xTheory, etc.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103705 650 0 Fiction|xPsychological aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2009124246 650 0 Fiction|xAppreciation.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2009004010 650 0 Evolution in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh94004134 650 0 Literature|xPhilosophy.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85077524 650 7 Fiction.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/923709 650 7 Fiction|xPsychological aspects.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/923742 650 7 Fiction|xAppreciation.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /923711 650 7 Evolution in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/917337 650 7 Literature|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1000005 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aAustin, Michael, 1966-|tUseful fictions. |dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010|w(DLC) 2010001424 830 0 Frontiers of narrative.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2001028904 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=354573|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID