A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of
Cognitive Poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to
literary reading and analysis.
The second edition of this seminal text features:
- updated theory, frameworks, and examples throughout, including new
explanations of literary meaning, the power of reading, literary force,
and emotion;
- extended examples of literary texts from Old English to contemporary
literature, covering genres including religious, realist, romantic,
science fictional, and surrealist texts, and encompassing poetry, prose,
and drama;
- new chapters on the mind-modelling of character, the building of
text-worlds, the feeling of immersion and ambience, and the resonant
power of emotion in literature;
- fully updated and accessible accounts of Cognitive Grammar, deictic
shifts, prototypicality, conceptual framing, and metaphor in literary
reading.
Encouraging the reader to adopt a fresh approach to understanding
literature and literary analyses, each chapter introduces a different
framework within cognitive poetics and relates it to a literary text.
Accessibly written and reader-focused, the book invites further
explorations either individually or within a classroom setting.
This thoroughly revised edition of Cognitive Poetics includes an
expanded further reading section and updated explorations and discussion
points, making it essential reading for students on literary theory and
stylistics courses, as well as a fundamental tool for those studying
critical theory, linguistics, and literary studies.
