The Passionate Muse: Exploring Emotion in Stories

by Keith Oatley

Book Overview

The emotions a character feels--Hamlet's vengefulness when he realizes his uncle has killed his father, Anna Karenina's despair when she feels she can longer sustain her life, Marcel's joy when he tastes a piece of madeleine cake--are vital aspects of the experience of fiction. As Keith Oatley points out, it's not just the emotions of literary characters such as these in which we are interested. If we didn't ourselves experience emotions, we wouldn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199767637
• ISBN13: 9780199767632
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"