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Barbara Herrnstein Smith

Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English
Literature
Box 90670, the Program in Literature, Durham, NC 27708
9 Towhee Drive, Topsham, ME 04086

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Poetry as Fiction

Book section · January 1, 2022 Any theory of poetry inevitably, though not always explicitly, presupposes a theory of language. Although the making of distinctions, definitions, and classifications will occupy a good deal of the discussion throughout, it should become clear that the aut ... Full text Cite

Science and religion, natural and unnatural

Book section · April 1, 2012 Recent years have seen the publication of a number of books and articles offering specifically cognitive and evolutionary accounts of the origins of religious beliefs (see e.g. Atran 2002, Boyer 2001, Dennett 2006, Lawson & McCauley 1990). These accounts e ... Full text Cite

CLOSURE

Book section · January 1, 2012 Cite

Comment

Book section · February 9, 2009 Cite