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"How can we understand and analyze the primarily unconscious process of writing? In this groundbreaking work of neuro-cognitive literary theory, Ian Lancashire maps the interplay of self-conscious critique and unconscious creativity.
Forgetful Muses shows how a writer's own 'anonymous,' that part of the mind that creates language up to the point of consciousness, is the genesis of thought. Those thoughts are then articulated by an author's inner voice and become subject to critique by the mind's 'reader-editor.' The 'reader-editor' engages with the 'anonymous,' which uses this information to formulate new ideas. Drawing on author testimony, cybernetics, cognitive psychology, corpus linguistics, text analysis, the neurobiology of mental aging, and his own experiences, Lancashire's close readings of twelve authors, including Caedmon, Chaucer, Coleridge, Joyce, Christie, and Atwood, serve to illuminate a mystery we all share."--BOOK JACKET.
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Criticism, Psychology and literature, Literary Style, Authorship, Psychological aspects, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Cognitive psychology, Literature, psychology, Literary style, Art d'écrire, Aspect psychologique, Style littéraire, Création (Arts), Philosophie, Critique, Psychologie et littératureShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Forgetful Muses: Reading the Author in the Text
2017, University of Toronto Press
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Forgetful muses: reading the author in the text
2010, University of Toronto Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-316) and index.
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