| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Author: |
WinkelmanMichael A., |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
New York, NY |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
[2013] |
| Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance |
| Subject: |
Cognition in literature. - |
| Subject: |
Philosophy of mind in literature. - |
| Personal Subject: |
Donne - John - Criticism and interpretation. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137348746An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries of late, and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. John Donne's probing insights, expressed in his unique Metaphysical style, make his amorous verse a ripe subject for cognitive analysis. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of "Songs and Sonnets". By applying findings from neurolinguistics to Donne's work, Michael Winkleman presents a test case for the cognitive interpretation of verse and, more broadly, advances the case of New Humanism. |
| ISBN: |
9781137348746electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137348747electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do My verse, the strict map of my misery: Of metaphors and mindscapes The composing of A jeat ring sent; or Donne as thinker and imaginator A lecture, love, in loves philosophy: Donne's illuminating anatomizations John Donne, Anne Donne, vn-done? a biocultural reassessment of their scandalous marriage Firme substantial love: Donne's penetrating observations The very ecstasy of love: prescriptions for bliss in Irvine Welsh and John Donne Sighs and tears: biological costly signals and Donne's "whining po�etry" "Verse that drawes natures workes, from natures law"; or, Prolegomenon to a Darwinian defence of literature Conclusion: Why cognitive science matters now. |