The Poetics of the Mind's Eye: Literature and the Psychology of Imagination by Christopher Collins

The Poetics of the Mind's Eye: Literature and the Psychology of Imagination

Christopher Collins

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nonfiction classics literary psychology reflective medium-paced
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Because every literary image is also a mental image, and because every mental image is a representation of an absent entity, Christopher Collins argues, imagination is a poiesis, a making-up, an act of play for both author and reader. In a book th...

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