Psyche and the Literary Muses: The contribution of literary content to scientific psychology

Psyche and the Literary Muses: The contribution of literary content to scientific psychology
ISBN-10
902728945X
ISBN-13
9789027289452
Category
Psychology
Pages
209
Language
English
Published
2009-06-11
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing
Author
Martin S. Lindauer

Description

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.

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