The Analogical Reader: A Cognitive Approach to Literary Perspective Taking

by Peter Dixon and Marisa Bortolussi

Perspective taking is a critical component of approaches to literature and narrative, but there is no coherent, broadly applicable, and process-based account of what it is and how it occurs. This book provides a multidisciplinary coverage of the topic, weaving together key insights from different disciplines into a comprehensive theory of perspective taking in literature and in life. The essential insight is that taking a perspective requires constructing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009344188
• ISBN13: 9781009344180
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"