Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction

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A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of Cognitive Poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis. Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: body, mind, and literature Reading literature Founding principles of cognitive poetics A new introduction 2 Prototypicality and contexts Preview Links with literary critical concepts Prototype effects Cognitive models and situatedness Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 3 Figures and ground Preview Links with literary critical concepts Figure and ground in text Image schemas Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 4 Deixis and projection Preview Links with literary critical concepts Deixis Deictic shift theory Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 5 Texture and resonance Preview Links with literary critical concepts Prototypicality and deviation Attention-resonance Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 6 Cognitive Grammar Preview Links with literary critical concepts Action chains Construal Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 7 Schemas and frames Preview Links with literary critical concepts Conceptual dependency Literary schemas Framing and literature Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 8 Conceptual metaphor Preview Links with literary critical concepts Metaphor as mapping Conceptual metaphor theory Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 9 Blending and compression Preview Links with literary critical concepts Meaning and macrostructure Mental spaces and blends Compression and projection Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 10 Text-worlds Preview Links with literary critical concepts Possible worlds Text-worlds and participants World-switches Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 11 Mind-modelling Preview Links with literary critical concepts Characterisation Empathy and mind-casting Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 12 Immersion and ambience Preview Links with literary critical concepts Engaging in the fictional world A feeling for the fictional world Discussion Cognitive poetic analysis Explorations Sources and further reading 13 Directions and connections Beginning cognitive poetics Recognising resolutions The last words Ends 14 Key readings References Index