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Why We Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel
- Author(s):
- Lisa Zunshine (see profile)
- Date:
- 2006
- Group(s):
- LLC Late-18th-Century English, TC Cognitive and Affect Studies, TM Literary and Cultural Theory, TM Literary Criticism
- Subject(s):
- Psychology and literature, Cognitive psychology, Philosophy of mind, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Narration (Rhetoric), Literature--Theory, etc.
- Item Type:
- Book
- Tag(s):
- Clarissa, Lolita, Henry James, cognition, narrative, Cognitive literary studies, Theory of mind, Novel (genre), Detective fiction, Narrative theory
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6Q83J
- Abstract:
- Why We Read Fiction focuses on one of the most exciting areas of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as "Theory of Mind" and discusses its implications for literary studies. It covers a broad range of fictional narratives, from Richardson's Clarissa, Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment, and Austen's Pride and Prejudice to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Nabokov's Lolita, and Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Written for a general audience, this study provides a jargon-free introduction to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of cognitive approaches to literature and culture.
- Notes:
- This book was published in the "Theory and Interpretation of Narrative" series ed. by James Phelan and Peter J. Rabinowitz. The present pdf is based on the revised March 2012 edition.
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- Published as:
- Book
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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