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The Emergence of Mind: Representations of Consciousness in Narrative Discourse in English
David Herman
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Description for The Emergence of Mind: Representations of Consciousness in Narrative Discourse in English
Paperback. An anthology that traces the representation of consciousness and mind creation in English literature from 700 to the present. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
From Chaucer’s Pardoner to Eliot’s Edward Casaubon, from Behn’s Oroonoko to Woolf’s Clarissa Dalloway—the multifarious perceptions, inferences, memories, attitudes, and emotions of such characters are in some cases as vividly familiar to us readers as those of the living, breathing individuals we know from our own day-to-day experiences in the world at large. Equally diverse are the investigative frameworks that have been developed to study such fictional minds, their operations and qualities, and the narrative means used to portray them. The Emergence of Mind provides new perspectives on the strategies used to represent minds in stories and suggests the variety of ... Read more
From Chaucer’s Pardoner to Eliot’s Edward Casaubon, from Behn’s Oroonoko to Woolf’s Clarissa Dalloway—the multifarious perceptions, inferences, memories, attitudes, and emotions of such characters are in some cases as vividly familiar to us readers as those of the living, breathing individuals we know from our own day-to-day experiences in the world at large. Equally diverse are the investigative frameworks that have been developed to study such fictional minds, their operations and qualities, and the narrative means used to portray them. The Emergence of Mind provides new perspectives on the strategies used to represent minds in stories and suggests the variety of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Frontiers of Narrative
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803211179
SKU
V9780803211179
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About David Herman
David Herman is a professor in the English department at Ohio State University. The editor of the journal Storyworlds, his recent publications include Basic Elements of Narrative and Story Logic: Problems and Possibilities of Narrative (Nebraska 2002). Contributors: Elizabeth Bradburn, Nicholas Dames, Monika Fludernik, F. Elizabeth Hart, David Herman, Leslie Lockett, Alan Palmer, David Vallins, and Lisa Zunshine.
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