Psyche and the Literary Muses The Contribution of Literary Content to Scientific Psychology

Lindauer, Martin S.

ISBN 10: 902723339X / ISBN 13: 9789027233394

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 2009

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A clean, crisp copy. ; Linguistic Approaches to Literature; 0.8 x 9.7 x 6.5 Inches; 209 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Psyche and the Literary Muses The Contribution of Literary Content to Scientific Psychology
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902723339X
• ISBN 13: 9789027233394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Weight: 1.05 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism/Literary History/Lit.Theory

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Synopsis

Psyche and the Literary Muses focuses on the psychology of literature from an empirical point of view, rather than the more typical psychoanalytic position, and concentrates on literary content rather than readers or writers. The book centers on the author’s quantitative studies of brief literary and quasi-literary forms, ranging from titles of short stories and names of literary characters to clichés and quotations from literary sources, in demonstrating their contribution to the topics of learning, perception, thinking, emotions, creativity, and especially person perception and aging. More broadly, Psyche bears on literary studies, art, and psychology in general, as well as interdisciplinarity. This book deepens the understanding and appreciation of literature for scholars, academics and the general reader.