Personal Identity and Literature

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Colm Hogan is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and the Program in Cognitive Science at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of over twenty books, including Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts: A Guide for Humanists (Routledge, 2003), Ulysses and the Poetics of Cognition (Routledge, 2013), and Literature and Emotion (Routledge, 2018). Klappentext In Personal Identity and Literature, Hogan draws on cognitive and affective science as well as literary works and personal experience. The book provides a clear, systematic account of personal identity that is theoretically strong, but also unique and engaging. Zusammenfassung In Personal Identity and Literature, Hogan draws on cognitive and affective science as well as literary works and personal experience. The book provides a clear, systematic account of personal identity that is theoretically strong, but also unique and engaging. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Shame Introduction: Know Thyself 1. Basic Principles 2. Kinds of Self 3. Becoming Oneself: Society and Identity 4. Understanding Ourselves: On Empathy 5. Shame, Guilt, and Trauma 6. Subjectivity and Loneliness Afterword: A Question of Dignity Works Cited

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Colm Hogan, Patrick Colm (University of Connecticut Hogan, Hogan Patrick Colm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367210687
• ISBN: 978-0-367-21068-7
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literary theory