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Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature.

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/01/2013
      ISBN13: 9780748676293, 978-0748676293
      ISBN10: 0748676295
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      Book Synopsis
      Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature.

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