The Literary Mind: The Origins of Thought and Language
Turner ranges from the tools of modern linguistics and classical rhetoric to the recent work of neuroscientists to literary masterpieces by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Proust, to explain how story and projection--and their powerful combination in parable--are fundamental to everyday thought.
Turner ranges from the tools of modern linguistics and classical rhetoric to the recent work of neuroscientists to literary masterpieces by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Proust, to explain how story and projection--and their powerful combination in parable--are fundamental to everyday thought.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780195126679 (019512667X)
Publish date: December 17th 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
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