Why Do We Care about Literary Characters?
- ISBN-10
- 1421403102
- ISBN-13
- 9781421403106
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Blakey Vermeule
Description
Vermeule draws upon recent research in cognitive science to understand the mental processes underlying human social interactions without sacrificing solid literary criticism. People interested in literary theory, in cognitive analyses of the arts, and in Darwinian approaches to human culture will find much to ponder in Why Do We Care about Literary Characters?
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