| Literature and the Brain Contributor(s): Holland, Norman N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 057801839X ISBN-13: 9780578018393 Publisher: Psyart Foundation OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801.92 |
| LCCN: 2009929328 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.90 lbs) 474 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: LITERATURE AND THE BRAIN goes straight to the human core of literature when it explains the different ways our brains convert stories, poems, plays, and films into pleasure. When we are deep into a film or book, we find ourselves "absorbed," unaware of our bodies or our surroundings. We don't doubt the existence of Spider-Man or Harry Potter, and we have real feelings about these purely imaginary beings. Our brains are behaving oddly, because we know we cannot act to change what we are seeing. This is only one of the special ways our brains behave to with literature, ways that LITERATURE AND THE BRAIN reveals. 474 pp. 13 ill. |