Dynamics of Literary Response

Reading a poem or a novel, seeing a play or a film, is a special kind of experience. Yet the essential nature of that experience has remained a mystery. Philosophers have discussed the writer's role, and critics the writer's craft, but there has been little disciplined inquiry into the relation of literature to people's minds--the way in which people re-create within themselves the literary experience. Norman Holland approaches the problem armed with a thorough understanding of psychoanalytic concepts, and develops a comprehensive theory of the psychology of literature that deals with poetry, theater, and film, as well as with fiction, myth, pornography, and humor.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/1975
ISBN: 9780393007909
Pages: 404
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d