The Contracts of Fiction

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The Contracts of Fiction is written by Ellen Spolsky and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019023217X (ISBN 10) and 9780190232177 (ISBN 13).

This title considers the advantages of describing fictions as governed by a set of social contracts. It combines current cognitive research with attention to the historical context of works of imagination to argue against the claim that fictions corrupt clear thinking and provide, at best, inert pleasures. The chapters explore the different ways creative work in media from statues to stage plays helps to maintain cultural homeostasis. Like the social contracts of law, language, kinship, and money, the social contracts of fiction are constructed and continually revised within communities.