When fiction feels real : representation and the reading mind / Elaine Auyoung.
2018
PN3352.P7 A99 2018
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Title
When fiction feels real : representation and the reading mind / Elaine Auyoung.
ISBN
9780190845506 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Call Number
PN3352.P7 A99 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.3
Summary
This work explores questions that are central to literary experience but remain difficult for critics to explain, such as how novels can seem to transport readers to fictional worlds that feel real, why literary characters can come to seem like intimate friends, and what is uniquely pleasurable about reading fiction.
Note
This work explores questions that are central to literary experience but remain difficult for critics to explain, such as how novels can seem to transport readers to fictional worlds that feel real, why literary characters can come to seem like intimate friends, and what is uniquely pleasurable about reading fiction.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 20, 2018).
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Print version: 9780190845476
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