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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The concept of literary application

readers' analogies from text to life

Anders Pettersson

Abstract

Application is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglected mechanism is of profound importance for the understanding of literary art and experience.

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Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2012

Pages: 250

DOI: 10.1057/9781137035424

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-44225-6

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-03542-4

Full citation:

Pettersson Anders (2012) The concept of literary application: readers' analogies from text to life. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.