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Author Oatley, Keith.

Title Such stuff as dreams : the psychology of fiction / Keith Oatley.

Publication Info. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

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 Moore Stacks  PN3352.P7 O28 2011    Available  ---
Description xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fiction as dream: models, world-building, simulation -- The space-in-between: childhood play as the entrance to fiction -- Creativity: imagined worlds -- Character, action, incident: mental models of people and their doings -- Emotions: scenes in the imagination -- Writing fiction: cues for the reader -- Effects of fiction: is fiction good for you? -- Talking about fiction: interpretation in conversation.
Subject Fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Fiction.
Fiction -- Psychological aspects.
Fiction -- Psychological aspects.
Psychology and literature.
Psychology and literature.
Literature -- Psychology.
Literature -- Psychology.
ISBN 9780470974575 paperback
0470974575 paperback