Elements of Surprise

Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot

Vera Tobin

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$38.00 • £30.95 • €34.00

ISBN 9780674980204

Publication Date: 04/16/2018

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344 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Vera Tobin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University.

Awards & Accolades

Shortlist, 2019 Christian Gauss Award, The Phi Beta Kappa Society

A PopMatters Best Book of the Year, 2018

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week, 2018

Honorable Mention, 2017 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize, Harvard University Press

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