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Cognitive poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. This student-friendly book provides a set of case studies to help students understand the theory and master the practice of cognitive poetics in analysis. In each chapter, contributors present a practical application of the methods and techniques of cognitive poetics to a range of texts, from Wilfred Owen to Roald Dahl. Cognitive Poetics in Practice is critical reading for students on courses in cognitive poetics, stylistics and literary linguistics. It can be used on its own or as a companion volume to Peter Stockwell's Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction. Michael Burke; Peter Crisp; Cathy Emmott; Joanna Gavins; Raymond Gibbs; Craig Hamilton; Keith Oatley; Elena Semino; Gerard Steen; Reuven Tsur.

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Author:   Joanna Gavins ,  Gerard Steen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780415277990

ISBN 10:   041527799
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   27 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, List of contributors, 1 Contextualising cognitive poetics, 2 Surreal figures, 3 Prototypes in dynamic meaning construal, 4 Deixis and abstractions: adventures in space and time, 5 A cognitive grammar of ‘Hospital Barge’ by Wilfred Owen, 6 ‘Love stories’: cognitive scenarios in love poetry, 7 Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway’s ‘A very short story’, 8 Conceptual metaphor and its expressions, 9 Literature as parable, 10 Too much blague? An exploration of the text worlds of Donald Barthelme’s Snow White, 11 Reading for pleasure: a cognitive poetic analysis of ‘twists in the tale’ and other plot reversals in narrative texts, 12 Writingandreading: the future of cognitive poetics, References, Index

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Joanna Gavins is Lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Gerard Steen is Lecturer in English Language and Literature at the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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