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Introduction: Stories About Origins and Design
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Stories About Origins and Design 1
- 1 Scripts for Life: From DNA to Poetic Formula 22
- 2 Recombinations and Change: Ring Structures in Nature and Speech 57
- 3 Crabs and the Monomyth: Parallel Evolutions and Mythical Patterns 88
- 4 Going Viral: Big Deeds and Bad Fame 113
- 5 Symbiosis and Paradigm: What Stories Do in the World 142
- Conclusion: Inoculation and the Limits of Analogy 179
- Suggestions for Further Reading 193
- Notes 199
- Bibliography 211
- Acknowledgments 225
- Index 227
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Stories About Origins and Design 1
- 1 Scripts for Life: From DNA to Poetic Formula 22
- 2 Recombinations and Change: Ring Structures in Nature and Speech 57
- 3 Crabs and the Monomyth: Parallel Evolutions and Mythical Patterns 88
- 4 Going Viral: Big Deeds and Bad Fame 113
- 5 Symbiosis and Paradigm: What Stories Do in the World 142
- Conclusion: Inoculation and the Limits of Analogy 179
- Suggestions for Further Reading 193
- Notes 199
- Bibliography 211
- Acknowledgments 225
- Index 227