Psyche and the Literary Muses

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The contribution of literary content to scientific psychology

Martin S. Lindauer(Autor*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 11. Juni 2009

XIII, 209 Seiten

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Psyche and the Literary Muses
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Dedication
Table of contents
Preface
Part 1. Introduction
1. An orientation
2. Similarities and differences across the psychology of art
Unique aspects of the psychology of art
The role of the arts in psychology
3. Competing psychological approaches to the arts: Clinical and scientific
An overview
The clinical psychological approach to the arts
Scientific psychology and the arts
4. The status of the scientific psychology of art
Part 2. The psychology of literature: An overview
5. The psychology of literature: Comparisons with other psychologies of art
Similarities between literature and the other arts
The distinctive features of the psychology of literature
Literary content is psychological
The neglect of the psychological content of literature
6. A scientific psychology of literary content: Obstacles and steps towards a solution
The many-sided objections to a scientific psychology of literary content
Towards a solution: overcoming the obstacles to a scientific psychology of literary content
The importance of the literary stimulus
The virtues of brief literary materials
Part 3. The psychological relevance of brief literary forms
7. Poetry, autobiographies, and titles: Their contribution to cognition, creativity, and physiognomic perception
Poetry, the recognition of style, and concept learning
Artists on creativity
Titles of abstract paintings and short stories: Their expressive properties
The titles of abstract art
The titles of short stories
8. Literary names, indices, and clichés: Their contribution to physiognomic perception, emotions, and thinking
Names in literature: Their physiognomic properties
Studies of the positive and negative qualities of names
Indices of literary content: Positive and negative emotions in literature
Clichés: Cognitive and personal factors in their use
The lessons learned
9. Quotations: Their psychological usefulness
Quotations on quotations
Quotations on literature
A study of quotations: attitudes towards numbers
Part 4. The psychological content of quotations: Person perception and attitudes to aging
10. Person perception and the psychological attributes of the body
11. A study of quotations on the psychological implications of the body
12. Prologue: Aging and the arts
Paintings
Literature
Paintings and literature compared
The next step
13. Aging's memorable lines: A study of quotations about growing old
14. The preoccupations of aging: The subject matter of quotations
15. Evaluations of aging in quotations
The old compared to the young
Old age as good or bad
The physical-sensory aspects of aging
The aged's mental abilities
The aged's enjoyment of life
Old women
The aged's relationships with others
Quotations with modest frequencies
Evaluations of old age over time
Old age: good or bad?
The contribution of quotations to the study of aging
Part 5. Conclusion
16. Implications of a content-oriented psychology of literature
The focus on literary content
Towards a perceptual emphasis
A revitalized experimental aesthetics of literature
Furthering interdisciplinary and other connections
Evaluating the approach
A personal word
A final word
Notes
References cited
Index
The series Linguistic Approaches to Literature

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