Why is literature: A coevolutionary perspective on imaginative worldmaking

Poetics Today

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-42

  Hernadi, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 60950346555     PISSN: 03335372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03335372-23-1-21     Document Type: Article

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