
I. A. Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics
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West argues that Richards anticipated many of the discipline's core aims, methods and assumptions. The book argues that the roots of cognitive psychology lie in early 20th-century psychology, when there was a focus on cognitive processes such as memory and learning, attention, categorisation, perception and consciousness. It was this cognitive psychology that Richards drew upon to build a theory of literature and interpretation - which in itself prefigured cognitive stylistics.
West also suggests that Richards is one of the more influential British intellectuals of the 20th century, and that his work is still relevant today. West argues that cognitive stylistics is not, as Peter Stockwell has written, a "new science of literature and reading", but rather a discipline with a history that it continues to deny itself.
This book will appeal to researchers and advanced students in stylistics and literary studies.
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Do you think you know who I. A. Richards is and what he stood for? Unless you have already read [this book], think again! ... West's style throughout is lucid and accessible ... [leaving] the reader well equipped to re-engage with Richards' ideas ... This book has a lot to offer anyone interested in understanding Richards' work, and is essential reading for cognitive stylisticians. * Language and Literature * Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. This is a convincing revaluation of Richards' significance; it is a perfect example of the rational cognitive turn in the arts; and it is an unanswerable polemic for a science of literary study.More details
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Introduction
Chapter One. The Darwinist Framework
Chapter Two. Philosophical Psychology and The Foundations of Aesthetics (1922)
Chapter Three. Behaviourism and The Meaning of Meaning (1923)
Chapter Four. Sherringtonian Neurology and Principles of Literary Criticism (1924)
Chapter Five. Experimental Psychology and Practical Criticism (1929)
Conclusion
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