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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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    Publisher:
    Columbus: The Ohio State University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2006
    Version:
    revised in 2012
    ISBN:
    978-0814251515
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
    License:
    Attribution

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