Such stuff as dreams : the psychology of fiction
Oatley, Keith201107UU
Books, Manuscripts
Such Stuff as Dreams explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. In this ground-breaking work, Oatley richly illustrates how fiction represents, at its core, a model that readers construct in collaboration with the writer.
Main title:
Such stuff as dreams : the psychology of fiction / Keith Oatley.
Author:
Imprint:
Chicester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Collation:
290 p. ; 23x17x2 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Biography/History:
Keith Oatley is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Toronto. He is the co-author of Understanding Emotions (Blackwell, 2006), the most widely used textbook on this subject, and has written three works of fiction, including The Case of Emily V. (1993), which won the 1994 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel.
ISBN:
9780470974575 (pbk)0470974575 (pbk)
Dewey class:
809.30019
Local class:
809.30019
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2434607