Date: 02-Jul-2009 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Psyche and the Literary Muses: Lindauer E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Psyche and the Literary Muses
Subtitle: The contribution of literary content to scientific psychology
Series Title: Linguistic Approaches to Literature 7
Published: 2009
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Martin S. Lindauer
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289452 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289452 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027233394 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027233394 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:
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.
Linguistic Field(s):
Ling & Literature
Psycholinguistics
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