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In this, the first introductory textbook in this growing field, the reader is encouraged to re-evaluate the categories used to understand literary reading and analysis. Covering a wide range of literary genres and historical periods, the book encompasses both American and European approaches. Each chapter explores a different cognitive-poetic framework and relates it to a literary text. Including a range of activities, discussion points, suggestions for further reading and a glossarial index, the book is both interactive and highly accessible.

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9780415258951

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'This is an important book that provides much inspiration and many openings.' - Language and Literature

'A masterly presentation of the 'cognitive turn' in literary reading and analysis, providing a radical reevaluation of literary activity. An invaluable text and an important contribution to the emerging field of cognitive poetics as a literary science.' - Margaret H. Freeman, Los Angeles Valley College, USA; 'In this book, Peter Stockwell presents a delightful combination of theoretical enlightenment with a deep concern for practical analysis and understanding.' - Willie van Peer, Munich University, Germany

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Peter Stockwell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. His publications include Sociolinguistics: A resource book for students, Contextualised Stylistics: An introduction to the nature and functions of language (with Howard Jackson) and the Poetics of Science Fiction.

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