
Writing and Reading Poetry
A Cognitive Poetic Approach
Cambridge University Press
Published on 23. April 2026
Book
Hardback
84 pages
978-1-009-49859-3 (ISBN)
Description
This Element explores the relationship between creativity, poetry, and cognition through the lenses of cognitive linguistics and cognitive poetics. Section 1 situates poetic creativity within the frameworks of conceptual metaphor theory, cognitive grammar, and text world theory, reconsidering traditional views of creativity by showing how linguistic structures underpin both writing and reading poetry. Section 2 adopts an autoethnographic approach, documenting the writing of poems, demonstrating how cognitive-poetic principles shape decisions and highlight the embodied, subjective nature of creativity. Section 3 shifts focus to analysis, applying stylistic frameworks to original poems to illustrate how linguistic methods illuminate textual patterns, conceptual structures, and interpretative effects. Section 4 turns to reception, examining empirical reader-response data to show how readers engage with poems through cognitive-poetic processes, creating a cyclical interplay between production, analysis, and response. Together, these sections highlight the value of cognitive linguistics for understanding poetic creativity, interpretation, and experience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Laminated cover
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-49859-3 (9781009498593)
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A Cognitive Poetic Approach
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A Cognitive Poetic Approach
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Persons
Author
Aston University
University of Aberdeen's International Study Centre
Content
1. Creativity and poetry; 2. Recording the writing process; 3. Poetry through the (cognitive) looking-glass; 4. Readers and poems; 5. Concluding remarks; References.