{"product_id":"9781472575753","title":"I. A. Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAdvances in Stylistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eI. A. Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid West | Dan McIntyre | Brian Walker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Semantics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. A. Richards is an influential figure in literary criticism but has rarely been thought of as someone who laid the foundations for cognitive stylistics. This book proposes that Richards was a \"protocognitivist\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWest argues that Richards anticipated many of the discipline's core aims, methods and assumptions. The book argues that the roots of cognitive psychology lie in early 20th-century psychology, when there was a focus on cognitive processes such as memory and learning, attention, categorisation, perception and consciousness. It was this cognitive psychology that Richards drew upon to build a theory of literature and interpretation - which in itself prefigured cognitive stylistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWest also suggests that Richards is one of the more influential British intellectuals of the 20th century, and that his work is still relevant today.  West argues that cognitive stylistics is not, as Peter Stockwell has written, a \"new science of literature and reading\", but rather a discipline with a history that it continues to deny itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will appeal to researchers and advanced students in stylistics and literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDavid West\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in English Language, Linguistics and Literature at the University of Münster, Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 June 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472575753\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331639902348,"sku":"9781472575753","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_64e7a849-6ed6-4626-a177-4f3ad9f6b258.jpg?v=1783598123","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472575753","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}