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Why Do We Care about Literary Characters? Vermeule, Blakey (Associate Professor, Stanford University)
Why Do We Care about Literary Characters?
Vermeule, Blakey (Associate Professor, Stanford University)
Focuses on how readers become involved in the lives of fictional characters, people they know do not exist. This book contributes to the field of evolutionary literary criticism. It draws on research in cognitive science to understand the mental processes underlying human social interactions without sacrificing solid literary criticism.
296 pages, 4 b&w photos
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 19, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781421404004 |
| Publishers | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 155 × 20 mm · 430 g |
| Language | English |