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1 online resource (ix, 329 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Theory of Mind is what enables us to?put ourselves in another?s shoes.? It is mindreading, empathy, creative imagination of another?s perspective: in short, it is simultaneously a highly sophisticated ability and a very basic necessity for human communication. Theory of Mind is central to such commercial endeavors as market research and product development, but it is also just as important in maintaining human relations over a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, it is a critical tool in reading and understanding literature, which abounds with characters, situations, and?other people?s shoes.? Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly apparent that reading literature also hones these critical mindreading skills. Theory of Mind and Literature is a collection of nineteen essays by prominent scholars (linguists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers) working in the cutting-edge field of cognitive literary studies, which explores how we use Theory of Mind in reading and understanding literature. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1: Theory of Mind Now and Then: Evolutionary and Historical Perspectives""; ""Theory of Mind and Theory of Minds in Literature Keith Oatley""; ""Social Minds in Little Dorrit Alan Palmer""; ""The Way We Imagine Mark Turner""; ""Theory of Mind and Fictions of Embodied Transparency Lisa Zunshine""; ""2: Mind Reading and Literary Characterization""; ""Theory of the Murderous Mind: Understanding the Emotional Intensity of John Doyle�s Interpretation of Sondheim�s Sweeney Todd Diana Calderazzo"" |
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""Distraction as Liveliness of Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Characterization in Jane Austen Natalie Phillips""""Sancho Panza�s Theory of Mind Howard Mancing""; ""Is Perceval Autistic?: Theory of Mind in the Conte del Graal Paula Leverage""; ""3: Theory of Mind and Literary / Linguistic Structure""; ""Whose Mind�s Eye? Free Indirect Discourse and the Covert Narrator in Marlene Streeruwitz�s Nachwelt Jennifer Marston William""; ""Attractors, Trajectors, and Agents in Racine�s “Récit de Théram�ne� Allen G. Wood"" |
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""The Importance of Deixis and Attributive Style for the Study of Theory of Mind: The Example of William Faulkner�s Disturbed Characters Ineke Bockting""""4: Alternate States of Mind""; ""Alternative Theory of Mind for Arti.cial Brains: A Logical Approach to Interpreting Alien Minds Orley K. Marron""; ""Reading Phantom Minds: Marie Darrieussecq�s Naissance des fant�mes and Ghosts� Body Language Mikko Keskinen""; ""Theory of Mind and Metamorphoses in Dreams: Jekyll & Hyde, and The Metamorphosis Richard Schweickert and Zhuangzhuang Xi"" |
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""Mother/Daughter Mind Reading and Ghostly Intervention in Toni Morrison�s Beloved Klarina Priborkin""""5: Theoretical, Philosophical, Political Approaches""; ""Changing Minds: Theory of Mind and Propaganda in Egon Erwin Kisch�s Asien gr�ndlich ver�ndert Seth Knox""; ""Functional Brain Imaging and the Problem of Other Minds Dan Lloyd, Vince Calhoun, Godfrey Pearlson, and Robert Astur""; ""How is it Possible to Have Empathy? Four Models Fritz Breithaupt""; ""Theory of Mind and the Conscience in El casamiento engañoso José Barroso Castro""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Literature. |
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Philosophy of mind in literature.
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Philosophy of mind in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Leverage, Paula, 1970-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Theory of mind and literature. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010009895 |
| ISBN |
9781612491998 (electronic book) |
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1612491995 (electronic book) |
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9781612492001 (electronic book) |
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1612492002 (electronic book) |
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9781557535702 (paperback) |
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1557535701 (paperback) |
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