Brain of Robert Frost - A Cognitive Approach to Literature

Originally published in 1988, this book brings brain science to literary criticism. The Brain of Robert Frost combines psychoanalysis with the findings of brain research and cognitive psychology to model the way we create and respond to literature.

List of contents

1.Thoughts About Brains 2. Reading Frost 3. Frost Reading 4. The Miller's Wife and the Six Professors 5. 'We Are Round' 6. Reading and Writing, Codes and Canons 7. A Digression on Metaphors 8. Literary Process the Personal Brain 9. Hearing Ourselves Think.

About the author

Norman N. Holland was Milbauer Eminent Schoar at the University of Florida, USA and one of only a few literary theorists to have received psychoanalytic training.

Summary

Originally published in 1988, this book brings brain science to literary criticism. The Brain of Robert Frost combines psychoanalysis with the findings of brain research and cognitive psychology to model the way we create and respond to literature.

Product details

• Authors: Norman N. Holland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032658155
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265815-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Neurosciences, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis