Possible Worlds Theory and Readers' Emotional Responses to Literature

Name: Possible Worlds Theory and Readers' Emotional Responses to Literature
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
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By Megan Mansworth

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This book develops a cognitive stylistic exploration of readers' emotional experiences of literature.
Adopting Possible Worlds Theory as a framework, the volume constructs a stylistic analysis of some of the ways in which novels elicit readers' emotions. A typology of past, present, and future textual actual and possible worlds is formulated to frame analysis of three novels: A Fine Balanceby Rohinton Mistry, Revolutionary Roadby Richard Yates, and The Trick Is to Keep Breathingby Janice Galloway. The author integrates close stylistic analysis with the use of empirical data drawn from reader interviews and online reader reviews. The analysis of these diverse 20th-century novels works to show the utility of the typology for analysis formulated for this book, as well as to demonstrate the value of incorporating empirical reader data in analysis of the ways in which novels may affect readers' emotions.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 240
Release Date:: 2025-09-18
Publication Date:: 2025-09-18
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1350428930
ISBN13:: 9781350428935
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 529 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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