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Author |
: Lisa Zunshine |
Publisher |
: Ohio State University Press |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814210284 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814210287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why We Read Fiction by : Lisa Zunshine
Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as "Theory of Mind" and discusses its implications for literary studies. It covers a broad range of fictional narratives, from Richardson s Clarissa, Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment, and Austen s Pride and Prejudice to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Nabokov's Lolita, and Hammett s The Maltese Falcon. Zunshine's surprising new interpretations of well-known literary texts and popular cultural representations constantly prod her readers to rethink their own interest in fictional narrative. Written for a general audience, this study provides a jargon-free introduction to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field known as cognitive approaches to literature and culture.
Author |
: Lisa Zunshine |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 681 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199978069 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199978069 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies by : Lisa Zunshine
The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies applies developments in cognitive science to a wide range of literary texts that span multiple historical periods and numerous national literary traditions.
Author |
: Pamela Paul |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2017-05-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627796316 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627796312 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Life with Bob by : Pamela Paul
"For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life--her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers"--
Author |
: William T. Vollmann |
Publisher |
: Pantheon |
Total Pages |
: 163 |
Release |
: 2013-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307827722 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307827720 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis WHORES FOR GLORIA by : William T. Vollmann
With his first three works of fiction—the novels You Bright and Risen Angels and The Ice-Shirt, and the collection The Rainbow Stories—William T. Vollmann announced himself as a writer of rare and ferocious talent, with critics comparing him to William Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, and T.C. Boyle. His new novel is the story of Jimmy, who has been deserted by his lover, a prostitute by the name of Gloria. In the despair of his loneliness, and his drunken grief, he reassembles Gloria’s presence out of whatever he can buy from the hookers on the street—the fragments of their lives and dreams, and locks of hair they are willing to share for a price. In his search for these snatches of intimacy he meets the hustlers, drunks, and prostitutes of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district: Candy, who beats her customers when they ask for it but refuses to let them call her a bitch; Snake, who pimps his wife; Nicole, whose job it is to give men AIDS; Jack, who shoots his woman’s earnings into his arm but still likes Chopin even though he doesn’t have a record player; and Gloria, who may or may not be a figment of Jimmy’s imagination. Vollmann writes with explosive power of the inner city, unflinching in the way he confronts the solitude of the homeless and unloved, the insulted and the injured of skid-row America. His exhilarating, high-voltage style and lyric language touch the heart and retrieve a jubilant integrity from the harsh struggles of his characters. Here is a world of harrowing truth, beautifully expressed by a writer of prodigious gifts.
Author |
: Keith Oatley |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2011-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781119973539 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1119973538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Such Stuff as Dreams by : Keith Oatley
Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change, ourselves Informed by the latest psychological research which focuses on, for example, how identification with fictional characters occurs, and how literature can improve social abilities Explores traditional aspects of fiction, including character, plot, setting, and theme, as well as a number of classic techniques, such as metaphor, metonymy, defamiliarization, and cues Includes extensive end-notes, which ground the work in psychological studies Features excerpts from fiction which are discussed throughout the text, including works by William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekhov, James Baldwin, and others
Author |
: Raja Rao |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 567 |
Release |
: 2014-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789351188018 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9351188019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Serpent and the Rope by : Raja Rao
Rama, a young scholar, meets Madeleine at a university in France. Though they seem to be made for each other, both alike in temperament and character, at times they are divided, a huge gulf separating them. Rama’s trip back to India for his father’s illness forcibly reminds him of the underlying contrasts between India and Europe, and of a certain conflict between them in himself. When he returns to France, Rama and Madeleine must face the problems in their marriage. Can they preserve their identities, or must one sacrifice one’s inheritance to make the relationship a success?
Author |
: Helen Taylor |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 2019-12-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192562678 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192562673 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why Women Read Fiction by : Helen Taylor
Ian McEwan once said, 'When women stop reading, the novel will be dead.' This book explains how precious fiction is to contemporary women readers, and how they draw on it to tell the stories of their lives. Female readers are key to the future of fiction and—as parents, teachers, and librarians—the glue for a literate society. Women treasure the chance to read alone, but have also gregariously shared reading experiences and memories with mothers, daughters, grandchildren, and female friends. For so many, reading novels and short stories enables them to escape and to spread their wings intellectually and emotionally. This book, written by an experienced teacher, scholar of women's writing, and literature festival director, draws on over 500 interviews with and questionnaires from women readers and writers. It describes how, where, and when British women read fiction, and examines why stories and writers influence the way female readers understand and shape their own life stories. Taylor explores why women are the main buyers and readers of fiction, members of book clubs, attendees at literary festivals, and organisers of days out to fictional sites and writers' homes. The book analyses the special appeal and changing readership of the genres of romance, erotica, and crime. It also illuminates the reasons for British women's abiding love of two favourite novels, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. Taylor offers a cornucopia of witty and wise women's voices, of both readers themselves and also writers such as Hilary Mantel, Helen Dunmore, Katie Fforde, and Sarah Dunant. The book helps us understand why—in Jackie Kay's words—'our lives are mapped by books.'
Author |
: Becky Chambers |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2016-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062569424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062569422 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Closed and Common Orbit by : Becky Chambers
National Bestseller! Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick! Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger! Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera—the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow. Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no matter how vast space is, two people can fill it together. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced readers to the incredible world of Rosemary Harper, a young woman with a restless soul and secrets to keep. When she joined the crew of the Wayfarer, an intergalactic ship, she got more than she bargained for—and learned to live with, and love, her rag-tag collection of crewmates. A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to that beloved debut novel, and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect, and Star Wars.
Author |
: Andrew Vachss |
Publisher |
: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2011-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307741318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307741311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Weight by : Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss returns with a mesmerizing novel about a hard-core thief who's about to embark on a job that will alter his life forever. Sugar’s a pure professional, “time tested” and packing 255 pounds of muscle. Accused of a rape he couldn’t have done because he was robbing a jewelry store at the time, the DA offers him two options: give up his partners in the heist and walk, or go back to prison alone. For Sugar, there isn’t a choice; he takes the weight. When he gets out, his money is there, but so is another job. One of the heist crew has fallen off the radar, and the mastermind behind the jewelry job asks Sugar to find him and make sure their secrets are safe. Sugar suspects that there’s more to this gig than what he is being told. But nothing he suspects can prepare him for what he finds.
Author |
: Clyde Edgerton |
Publisher |
: Algonquin Books |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 1987-01-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781565129054 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1565129059 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Walking Across Egypt by : Clyde Edgerton
"An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners."--The Atlanta Journal & Constitution She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty, down-home and real, Walking Across Egypt is a book for everyone.