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Trickster Brain

Trickster Brain

The Trickster Brain

David Williams

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9780739188323
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The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams looks at literature from an evolutionary, biological, and neurological perspective. He uses the Trickster character as he/she appears across cultures to demonstrate how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. Williams brings together science and the humanities, demonstrating a critical way of approaching literature that incorporates scientific thought.

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