Storytelling Animal How Stories Make Us Human

Name: Storytelling Animal How Stories Make Us Human
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ISBN: 9780547391403

ISBN-10: 0547391404

ISBN-13: 9780547391403

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jonathan Gottschall

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Humans live in landscapes of make believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays—even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, butwhy? Jonathan Gottschall shows how explorers from the sciences and humanities are using new tools, new ways of thinking, to solve the riddle of fiction. In this delightful and original book, he offers the first unified theory of storytelling. Gottschall argues that stories are a way of rehearsing life’s complex problems (studies show that people who read fiction are more empathetic). He explores…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 4/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



The Witchery of Story



The Riddle of Fiction



Hell Is Story-Friendly



Night Story



The Mind Is a Storyteller



The Moral of the Story



Ink People Change the World



Life Stories



The Future of Story


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Credits


Index