Affecting fictions : mind, body, and emotion in American literary realism /

Affecting fictions : mind, body, and emotion in American literary realism / Jane F. Thrailkill.

"Affecting Fictions offers a new understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Thrailkill positions herself against the emotionless interpretations of the New Critics. Taking as her point of departure realist works of medicine, psychology, and l...

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Main Author: Thrailkill, Jane F., 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Human body in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Realism in literature.
Mind and body in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Hekman
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.

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Call Number: PS374.B64 T48 2007
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