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Literature, Science, and a New Humanities (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)

By Jonathan Gottschall

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0230609015, 9780230609013, 9780230615595
LCC
PN55 .G68 2008
Open Library ID
OL16505860M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1294490 bytes)
Pages
240\234
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Literary studies are at a tipping point. ." There is broad agreement that the discipline is in "crisis"--that it is aimless, that its intellectual energy is spent, that all of the trends are bad, and that fundamental change will be required to set things right. But there is little agreement on what those changes should be, and no one can predict which way things will ultimately tip.  Literature, Science, and a New Humanities represents a bold new response to the crisis in academic literary studies. This book presents a total challenge to dominant paradigms of literary analysis and offers a sweeping critique of those paradigms, and sketches outlines of a new paradigm inspired by scientific theories, methods, and attitudes.

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