On the Origin of Stories
Brian Boyd
Harvard University Press, 2010
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Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer’s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works.
- ISBN-13
- 9780674057111
- ISBN-10
- 0674057112
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2010
- Publication date
- 2010-11-15
- Pages
- 560
- Dimensions
- 234x157x31
- Weight
- 652