Elements of surprise : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot / Vera Tobin.
Elements of surprise : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot / Vera Tobin.
Elements of surprise : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot / Vera Tobin.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/2923
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English
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Physical content
332 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Elementary problems -- The curse of knowledge? -- The poetics of surprise -- The naming of things -- Revelations, recognitions, and the satisfactions of plot -- When unreliability is a surprise -- When narration itself is a surprise -- So many things are obvious (now that we're at the end).
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing...
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Elements of surprise : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot / Vera Tobin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/2923
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74VKVo8DRGXl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVo8DRGXl
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ISBN
0674980204 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9780674980204 (hardcover alkaline paper)
DDC
808.394
MMS ID
991024169418702626
