Dynamics of Literary Response

By Norman N. Holland

Book Overview

Reading a poem or a novel, seeing a play or a film, is a special kind of experience. Yet the essential nature of that experience has remained a mystery. Philosophers have discussed the writer's role, and critics the writer's craft, but there has been little disciplined inquiry into the relation of literature to people's minds--the way in which people re-create within themselves the literary experience. Norman Holland approaches the problem armed with a thorough understanding of psychoanalytic concepts, and develops a comprehensive theory of the psychology of literature that deals with poetry, theater, and film, as well as with fiction, myth, pornography, and humor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393007901
• ISBN13: 9780393007909
• Release Date: November 1975
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"