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Psyche and the literary muses : the contribution of literary content to scientific psychology

By Lindauer , Martin S

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2009
ISBN
902723339X, 978-90-272-3339-4, 9781282169876, 1282169874, 978-90-272-8945-2, 902728945X, 114-131-132-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1208337 bytes)
Series
Linguistic approaches to literature 7
Pages
209\224
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Literature -- Psychology. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Se

Description

Psyche and the Literary Muses focuses on the psychology of literature from an empirical point of view, rather than the more typical psychoanalytic position, and concentrates on literary content rather than readers or writers. The book centers on the author’s quantitative studies of brief literary and quasi-literary forms, ranging from titles of short stories and names of literary characters to clichés and quotations from literary sources, in demonstrating their contribution to the topics of learning, perception, thinking, emotions, creativity, and especially person perception and aging. More broadly, Psyche bears on literary studies, art, and psychology in general, as well as interdisciplinarity. This book deepens the understanding and appreciation of literature for scholars, academics and the general reader

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