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SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FICTION |
| By: |
Keith Oatley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£18.95 |
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£17.06 |
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£1.89 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470974575 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470974575 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2011 |
| Pages: |
290 |
| Description: |
Such Stuff as Dreams explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. In this ground-breaking work, Oatley richly illustrates how fiction represents, at its core, a model that readers construct in collaboration with the writer. |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
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Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
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Returnable |
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