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Poetic Conventions as Cognitive Fossils
Reuven Tsur
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Paperback. Series: Cognition and Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC; JMR. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Poetic Conventions as Cognitive Fossils offers a major theoretical statement of where poetic conventions come from. The work comprises Reuven Tsur's research in cognitive poetics to show how conventional poetic styles originate from cognitive rather than cultural principles. The book contrasts two approaches to cultural conventions in general, and poetic conventions in particular. They include what may be called the culture-begets-culture or influence-hunting approach, and the constraints-seeking or cognitive-fossils approach here expounded. The former assumes that one may account for cultural programs by pointing out their roots in ... Read more
Poetic Conventions as Cognitive Fossils offers a major theoretical statement of where poetic conventions come from. The work comprises Reuven Tsur's research in cognitive poetics to show how conventional poetic styles originate from cognitive rather than cultural principles. The book contrasts two approaches to cultural conventions in general, and poetic conventions in particular. They include what may be called the culture-begets-culture or influence-hunting approach, and the constraints-seeking or cognitive-fossils approach here expounded. The former assumes that one may account for cultural programs by pointing out their roots in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cognition and Poetics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190634698
SKU
V9780190634698
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99-16
About Reuven Tsur
Reuven Tsur is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature and Literary Theory at Tel Aviv University. In 2009, he was awarded the Israel Prize in general literature and in 2013 received an honorary doctorate from Osnabruck University.
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