The Concept of Literary Application: Readers' Analogies from Text to Life

Pettersson, Anders

Application is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglected mechanism is of profound importance for the understanding of literary art and experience.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349442256

DOI: 10.1057/9781137035424

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 250