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A leading practitioner of 'cognitive aesthetics' shows how narrative literature works its magic on readers by drawing surreptitiously on patterns developed over four thousand years ago.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zunshine, Lisa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Literature > Psychological aspects.
Cognition in literature.
Psychology and literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Psychological aspects.
Discourse analysis, Literary > Psychological aspects.
Description
Summary:A leading practitioner of 'cognitive aesthetics' shows how narrative literature works its magic on readers by drawing surreptitiously on patterns developed over four thousand years ago.
Physical Description:xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262046336
0262046334