Literature and Emotion not only provides a defining overview of the field but also engages with emerging trends. Answering key questions such as ‘What is emotion?’ and ‘Why emotion and literature today?,’ Patrick Colm Hogan presents a clear and accessible introduction to this exciting topic. Readers should come away from the book with a systematic understanding of recent research on and theorization of emotion, knowledge of the way affective science has impacted literary study, and a sense of how to apply that understanding and knowledge to literary works.
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Readers should come away from the book with a systematic understanding of recent research on and theorization of emotion, knowledge of the way affective science has impacted literary study, and a sense of how to apply that understanding and knowledge to literary works.
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Series editor preface Acknowledgements Introduction. Getting Emotional About Literature Chapter One. Why Emotion and Literature Today? Chapter Two. The Two Faces of Affect Study Chapter Three. What is Emotion? Chapter Four. Authors (I): Affective Historicism Chapter Five. Authors (II): Expressivism Chapter Six. Readers (I): Enjoying Literature Chapter Seven. Readers (II): Learning from Literature Chapter Eight. Texts (I): Storyworlds and Stories Chapter Nine. Text (II): Discourse and Style Afterword. Affect Aliens in the Land of Emotion Studies Glossary of Terms Further Reading Works Cited
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ISBN
9781138185210
Publisert
2017-12-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
226 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
210

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Biographical note

Patrick Colm Hogan is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and the Program in Cognitive Science at the University of Connecticut, USA. He is the author of over 20 books, including Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts: A Guide for Humanists (Routledge, 2003) and Ulysses and the Poetics of Cognition (Routledge, 2014).