Powerful Prose : How Textual Features Impact Readers /

What makes a reading experience powerful? This volume brings together literary scholars, linguists, and empirical researchers to elucidate the effects and reader responses to investigate just that. The thirteen contributions theorize this widely-used, but to date insufficiently studied notion, and p...

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Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Boisseau, Maryvonne (Contributor), Chollier, Christine (Contributor), Kavanagh, Ciarán (Contributor), Labourg, Alice (Contributor), Martinez, Maria-Angeles (Contributor), Mertens, Mahlu (Contributor), Pager-McClymont, Kimberley (Contributor), Pöhls, R. L. Victoria (Contributor), P̲hls, R. L. Victoria (Editor), Quassdorf, Sixta (Contributor), Robert-Murail, Constance (Contributor), Utudji, Mariane (Contributor, Editor), Valovirta, Elina (Contributor), Wenzel, Peter (Contributor), Wood, Tahir (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2021]
Series:	Lettre
Subjects:	Literature > Appreciation > Psychological aspects. Literature > History and criticism. Littérature > Appréciation > Aspect psychologique. Littérature > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Literature Culture. Language. Linguistics. Literary Studies. Psychology. Theory of Literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	What makes a reading experience powerful? This volume brings together literary scholars, linguists, and empirical researchers to elucidate the effects and reader responses to investigate just that. The thirteen contributions theorize this widely-used, but to date insufficiently studied notion, and provide insights into the therefore still mysterious-seeming power of literary fiction. The collection investigates a variety of stylistic as well as readerly and psychological features responsible for short- and long-term effects - topics of great interest to those interested or specialized in literary studies and narratology, (cognitive) stylistics, empirical literary studies and reader response theory.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (264 pages)
ISBN:	9783839458808 3839458803